1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Power Train Problems

THE INSPECTION RECALL ON MY 1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE DID NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH PCM AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER SPECIFIED IN THE DEFECTIVE ISSUE WITHIN THE RECALLS ISSUED. THIS HARMS THE DRIVER, PEDESTRIANS, OTHER PASSENGERS AND MOTORISTS. THE TECH WHERE I WENT TO HAVE RECALL WORK PERFORMED ORDERED PARTS (SEE ATTACHMENT), BUT NOTHING WAS INSTALLED ON MY VEHICLE. ONLY "INSPECTED." THE TECH WAS TOLD OF DETAILED POOR PERFORMANCE AND SYMPTOMS OF A BAD PCM. SUCH AS SHIFTING, STALLING, FUEL ECONOMY & HARD TO START. THE JEEP IS NOT OPERATING OPTIMALLY & THIS COULD MEAN THERE ARE. OTHER PROBLEMS BETWEEN DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. ALL OF THESE ARE INDICATIONS OF A FAULTY PCM. AS WELL AS THE ABS LIGHT BEING ON THE DASHBOARD. THE PCM IS A "CRITICAL" SYSTEM & NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I'M REQUESTING THAT YOU FIX THIS PROBLEM FOR FREE, AS IT IS DEFECTIVE AND COULD MINGLE WITH OTHER SYSTEMS AND CAUSE A COMPLETE VEHICLE BREAK DOWN. OR REFUND THE COST TO ME IN FULL, INCLUDING LABOR CHARGES, IF I REPLACE/REPAIR MYSELF. IF THIS DEFECTIVE PART IS NOT FIXED, IT COULD RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE, IN WHICH CDJ WOULD BE LIABLE FOR. PLEASE ADVISE AS TO HOW YOU CAN HELP ENFORCE THE MANUFACTURE TO FULLY REPAIR THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS & REMEDY THIS PROBLEM ON FIXING THE FAULTY PCM & CATALYTIC CONVERTER WITHIN A RECALL AND POSSIBLY THE ABS SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE STALLS ON HIGHWAY, IN PARK, ON THE STREET, WHEN STOPPED AND THEN IT STALLS OUT AND IS HARD TO START. IT ALSO HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO GO IN REVERSE ( BACK UP). WHICH MEAN IT'S NOT GETTING PROPER LUBRICATION. ALSO, THE ALARM GOES OFF WHEN USING KEY TO GAIN ACCESS. UNHOOKING BATTERY TO RESET DOES NOT HELP.

IN DECEMBER 1996 I WAS RAN OVER BY MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IN MY DRIVEWAY AFTER IT JUMPED BACK INTO GEAR FROM PARK. I REPORTED THIS ISSUE IMMEDIATELY TO THE ANCHORAGE ALASKA DEALER WHO HAD TO FIX THE DRIVERS DOOR THAT HAD BEEN DESTROYED IN THE EVENT AND HE STATED THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE GEARSHIFT. I HAD ALSO REPORTED THE ISSUE HERE ON THE NHTSA WEB SITE IN JANUARY OF 1997. I WAS TAKEN TO THE AIR FORCE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM AT ELEMENDORF AFB ALASKA AND I BELIEVE SUBMITTED THAT INFORMATION AT THAT TIME. SO THIS RECENT PROBLEM WITH AN ACTOR BEING KILLED BY HIS JEEP IS NOT A NEW ISSUE. THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE DRIVE TRAIN AS FAR BACK AS 1996. WHEN I WAS RAN OVER MY JEEP WAS IN PARK RUNNING IN MY GARAGE. IT DRUG ME BACKWARD INTO THE DRIVEWAY WHERE I SLIPPED ON THE ICE FELL UNDER THE CAR AND MY LEFT LOWER LEG WAS RAN OVER BY THE FRONT TIRE. I STILL HAVE COMPLICATIONS FROM THAT INCIDENT.

Mileage: 20,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE ROLLED AWAY INDEPENDENTLY AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE BOUNTY WALL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 176,000.

Mileage: 176,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 13V252000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STRUCTURE) AND 02V053000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE GEAR LEVER SHIFTED OUT OF THE DRIVE POSITION TO THE NEUTRAL POSITION. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR LIGHT SENSOR, WINDSHIELD SENSOR AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 02V053000 (POWER TRAIN) AND 13V252000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STRUCTURE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE GEAR LEVER SHIFTED OUT OF THE DRIVE POSITION TO THE NEUTRAL POSITION. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR LIGHT SENSOR, WINDSHIELD SENSOR AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 02V053000 (POWER TRAIN) AND 13V252000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STRUCTURE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I CAN BE DRIVING AND MY VEHICLE WILL JUST CUT OFF IN TRAFFIC. I HAVE REPLACED ALL PARTS UNDER THE HOOD WITH THE ACCEPTION OF THE MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 201,300

AT HIGH AND LOW SPEEDS, AND WHEN STOPPED WITHOUT ANY WARNING MY 1996 GRAND CHEROKEE WILL DIE AND IMMEDIATELY STEERING IS LOST. THIS IS TOTALLY FRIGHTENING AND LIFE-THREATENING. THE CAR WILL START IMMEDIATELY TO GET OUT OF ROADWAYS. I'VE SPENT DAYS RESEARCHING THIS SITUATION ON-LINE AND IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT THERE IS NO RECALL, THERE ARE YEARS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SITUATION . I CALLED JEEP TODAY AT 1-877-426-5337 AND WAS TOLD THE PHONE NUMBER OF A JEEP DEALER, ALONG WITH SINCERE APOLOGIES THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE SOLUTION MAY BE THAT 2 SCREWS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PCM ARE TOO LONG. PEOPLE HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FIXING EVERYTHING ON THESE JEEPS BUT NOTHING HAS WORKED. I RESPECTFULLY DEMAND TO KNOW WHY THERE IS NO RECALL, THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE!!!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROMPT REPLY. LIVES DEPEND ON IT. THIS IS A LIFE-ENDANGERING SITUATION - MINE AND OTHERS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL NOW. *TR

Mileage: 153,000

ENGINE SUDDENLY CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, POWER BRAKES AND STEERING WERE IMMEDIATELY LOST, ALTHOUGH LIGHTS AND GAGES REMAINED OPERATIONAL. BATTERY AND GROUNDS TESTED FINE. CAP, ROTOR AND PLUGS ARE ALL NEW, WIRES AND COIL TEST FINE, AND VEHICLE HAS NEW MOPAR CRANK POSITION AND THROTTLE POSITION SENSORS. RESEARCH ON JEEP TECHNICAL SITES FINDS IDENTICAL PROBLEMS BEING TRACED TO FAILURE OF POWER CONTROL MODULE PCM, SOMETIMES ALSO REFERRED TO AS ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM). *TT

Mileage: 141,000

RANDOM STALLING, SUDDEN TRANSMISSION SLAMS AND DROP DOWNS. *TR

Mileage: 137,000

PROBLEM... DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR STOPPED AT LIGHT OR IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN OR ON EXPRESSWAY... IT WOULD SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING, SOMETIME IT WOULD RESTART IMMEDIATELY, SOMETIMES NOT!!!... EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS DEVELOPED, WHICH I WAS LUCKY!!! 1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, 4.0 , 6 CYL.... SPENT 6 MONTHS DOING REPAIRS/ REPLACEMENT PARTS AND MANY ,MANY DOLLARS SPENT TRACKING DOWN PART AFTER PART. USING DIAGNOSTICS MACHINE TO DETERMINE FAULTY PART... PROBLEM WAS THE POWER CONTROL MODULE ( PCM OR ECU SAME PART) WAS DEFECTIVE AND EITHER WAS MISREADING CODES OR GIVING OUT BAD CODES TO PARTS (LIKE TO THE CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR OR THE COIL, OR THE 01 OR 02 OX SENSORS OR IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON). NOT SURE HOW IT WORKS BUT YOU GET MY DRIFT. SINCE SIGNING UP WITH CNET.COM, HAVE FOUND MANY PEOPLE ACROSS AMERICA WITH THE SAME ISSUE ON JEEP WITH DIFFERENT YEARS (1994/2000) AND MODELS. TO SEARCH... LOOK UP JEEP STALLS OR JEEP FIXED AND YOU WILL SEE OTHER TOPICS AND FORUMS AROUND THAT TOPIC AND YOU WILL ALSO SEE WHERE THE MANUFACTURE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM EITHER. ANOTHER POSSIBLE RECALL ISSUE IS THE SCREWS THAT HOLD THE PCM MIGHT BE TOO LONG AND ARE GROUNDING OUT THE UNIT AFTER PAINT WEARS OFF ON FIREWALL... IMPORTANT TO READ ALL ARTICLES AND DIFFERENT FORUMS!!! ... IS A MUST LASTLY... INSTEAD OF REPLACING PCM'S, IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE PCM RE FLASHED UNDER RECALL??? I'M STRETCHING, BUT MAYBE ELECTRICAL POWER STORMS AND RAIN IS CAUSING PARTS TO DEFECT??? LASTLY... JEEP PARTS CONSISTS OF MODULE POWER UNITS THAT WORK OR DON'T WORK BUT THE PCM READS THE CODES AND ADJUSTS THE WORKABLE OF THE MOTOR... ANOTHER ISSUE IS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT WILL SHUT DOWN THE MOTOR BESIDES THE FORE MENTIONED PARTS... IE... ASD RELAY, THE SECURITY SYSTEM, DOOR LOCKS, STEERING COLUMN, THE ELECTRONIC KEY, THE BACK WINDSHIELD WIPER... *TR

Mileage: 155,000

JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE CUSTOMER HAD RECALL WORK DONE AND PAID OUT OF POCKET CUSTOMER STATES THAT SHE FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTION FOR REIMBURSEMENT BUT HAS NOT RECEIVED MONEY**CC THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD IF SHE DIDN'T HAVE PROOF THAT PAYMENT WAS MADE FOR THE REPAIR, SHE WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSED. *JB

DT CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE, THEN 2 BOLTS BROKE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, THIS CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, THE MECHANIC STATED THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER BOLT LOCATED ON THE INSIDE OF THE STEERING COLUMN THAT BROKE AS WELL. TWO JEEP DEALERS SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING BEFORE. *JB BOTH CV BOOTS ARE BROKEN AND THE BRAKES HAD TO BE REPAIRED. *TT *NM

Mileage: 128,475

RECALL CAMPAIGN 02V053000, CONSUMER LEFT THE VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY, WENT INTO THE HOUSE, AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, AND STRUCK A TREE, DAMAGING THE RIGHT REAR TAIL LIGHT/ LIFT REAR DOOR, AND BUMPER. CONSUMER DID NOT REMEMBER RECEIVING RECALL FOR INADVERTENT MOVEMENT. *AK THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HOLD IT'S POSITION WHEN PLACED IN PARK. THE MANUFACTURER AGREED TO PERFORM THE RECALL BUT REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE FOR THE BODY DAMAGE BECAUSE THEY CLAIMED THE CONSUMER NEGLECTED TO HAVE THE RECALL WORK PERFORMED. *TC

Mileage: 215,000

AFTER PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO THE DRIVEWAY, REMOVING THE CHILDREN, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT VEHICLE GOING DOWN THE HILL AND RAMMED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. NHTSA RECALL 02V053000. CONSUMER MOVED AND NEVER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE. *AK

Mileage: 84,000

THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE AND A MAIL BOX . AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL FOR THE EXISTING CONDITION. THE MANUFACTURER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS WORN. *JB RECALL# 02V053000. *SC

Mileage: 143,000

CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, IF A DRIVER HAS NOT PLACED THE SHIFTER LEVER FULLY INTO THE "PARK" POSITION AND LEAVES THE VEHICLE RUNNING, THE VEHICLE MAY UNEXPECTEDLY MOVE REARWARD AFTER SEEMING TO BE STABLE. THIS RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED ON 2003 AND FAILED. THE CONSUMER CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS WHILE IDLING IN PARK GEAR AND THEN CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT EXAMINE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK *JB

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND RUNNING AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE GEAR. PROCEEDED TO GO DOWN HILL AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE/ TREE, AND STOPPED ON IMPACT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK *LA

SECOND GEAR IS SLIPPING. SOME OF THE SEALS ARE LEAKING. ONE OF THE GEARS ARE STRIPPED.

Mileage: 180,000

TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND DOESN'T CHANGE GEARS PROPERLY. THIS IS DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK *MR

Mileage: 36,000

TRANSFER CASE GASKET LEAKS. ACCORDING TOO MECHANIC I TALKED WITH, THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM ON THE 1996 MODEL JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. *LA

VEHICLE ROLL BACK WHILE CAR WAS IN PARKED GEAR.*MR AFTER EXITING THE VEHICLE, IT ROLLED BACKWARDS STRIKING A TREE. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE. *JB

THE CONSUMER CALLED ABOUT TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE: FLOOR SHIFT RECALL PROBLEMS. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE TO UPDATE THE FLOOR SHIFT. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALER AND THE PART WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FLOOR SHIFT DID NOT FEEL RIGHT AFTER THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, WHO CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE DEALER AGAIN STATED THAT THIS WAS THE WAY IT FELT AFTER THE TRANSMISSION FLOOR SHIFT HAD BEEN REPLACED. *AK *SCC *JB

AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE TRANSMISSION WOULD START TO SLIP. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE TO A HIGHER SPEED THAN THE REQUIRED SPEED. *NLM

OWNER OF 1996 JEEP CHEROKEE - PROBLEMS WITH TRANSFER CASE BEGAN IN 1998-1999, AT 50, 000 MILES. TRANSFER CASE HAS BEEN REPLACED AND REBUILT ON 3 OCCASIONS. FEB 25, 2003 TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP - SAME PROBLEM, NEED TO REPLACE TRANSFER CASE AGAIN. HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT ONCE OUR WARRANTY EXPIRES, THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY THE TRANSFER CASE REPLACEMENT. WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE DETAILS AND RECORDS OF OVER 17 REPAIRS TO THIS VEHICLE. AFTER SECOND TRANSFER CASE REPLACEMENT CONTACTED CHRYSLER BECAUSE WE FELT THIS WAS A DEFECTIVE PART. EACH TIME IT IS REPLACED OR REPAIRED, THE REPAIR DOES NOT LAST. DAIMLER CHRYSLER REPRESENTATIVE REFUSED TO MEET WITH US TO REVIEW PROBLEMS. *NLM

THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. RECALL NUMBER 02 V 053 000. *JB

Mileage: 60,000

1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HAS FAILURE IN TRANSFER CASE. THIS IS EVIDENTLY A CONSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. NO EVIDENCE OF RECALL. TOTAL COST TO REPAIR IS APPROXIMATELY $1100. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE.

CONSUMER HAS TO IDLE VEHICLE FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES BEFORE DRIVING IN ORDER TO GET THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO FLOW THROUGH THE GEARS. IF NOT, VEHICLE SHIFTS GEARS EXCESSIVELY ROUGH AND "DROPS" FROM 1ST INTO 2ND GEAR. PH

THE TRANSMISSION BECAME WARM, CONSUMER STATES" SOME FLUID DRIPPED ONTO EXHAUST AND RESULTED IN A FIRE. TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THAT THE EXHAUST TUBE SHOULD BE RE-ROUTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS ABLE TO CUT THE VEHICLE OFF, AND REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL IN GEAR, AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK. DEPRESSING THE BRAKES DID NOT STOP VEHICLE SINCE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. MR *TT *JB

Mileage: 80,000

SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING AT ALL. CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WIIL NOT NOT MOVE IN REVERSE. MOVES FORWARD IN NREUTRAL. LUNGES FOWARD WHEN PUT INTO PARK.*AK

THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE WHILE RUNNING. I HAD BOTH FEET ON THE GROOUND AND WAS MOVING TO THE REAR DOOR WHEN IT BEGAN TO MOVE. I COUKD NOT SHUT THE CAR OFF AS I HAD MY SIX WEEK OLD IN THE CAR WITH ME AND THE TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 1990'S.*AK

I HAD MY CAR IN PARK WHEN THE CAR PROCEEDED TO GO BACK BY ITSELF WITH MY CHILD IN IT.I RAN AFTER THE CAR AND THE CAR DRAGGED AND SCRAPED ME AND SMASHED MY RIGHT LEG.IT STOP WHEN IT HIT MY NEIGHBOORS FENCE. IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE FENCE IT WOULD HAVE RAN ME OVER.I CONTECTED THE MANUFAUTURE AND THEY SEND SOME ONE OUT TO INVESTICATE AND PROCEDED TO TELL MY THAT THIER WS NOTHING I COULD DO.I CONTACTED SEVERAL ATTORNEYS AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T HELP ME. I FEEL THAT THE CAR IS UNSAFE AND I HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND CAN NOT AFFORD TO PURCHASE A NEW CAR TO KEEP MY CHILDREN SAFE. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN PLEASE HELP.

CONSUMER STATED THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT REGISTERING CORRECTLY. WHEN SHUT VEHICLE DOWN AND START BACK UP SPEEDOMETER CHANGES READINGS. THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING. NLM

RALPHS JEEP CLAIMS CHRYSLER HAS NOT YET MANUFACTERED THE SECONDARY DETENT SYSTEM TO FIX THE RECALL.AFTER CONTACTING DAIMLER CHRYSLER THEY CLAIM THEY HAVE NO RECALL LISTED FOR THIS PROBLEM.THIS RECALL IS LISTED ON YOUR WEBSITE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID # 02V053000.ON 3/19/02 THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE HAD TO BE REPLACED BY COTTMAN TRANSMISSION (508-995-3858),MEDAL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND IN THE TRANSMISSION PAN WHICH IS ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC, CAUSED BY SHIFTER LEVER PROBLEMS.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM PARK TO REVERSE BY ITSELF WHILE LAUNCHING BOAT. I HAD TO DIVE OUT OF WAY TO AVOID BEING RUN OVER, SUSTAINING BRUISES ETC. JEEP 60 % SUBMERGED IN LAKE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS CHANGING GEAR FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, AND VEHICLE STAYED IN REVERSE, WENT BACKWARDS, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. FOOT WAS ON BRAKES. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER PLACED VEHICLE IN PARK AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION.*AK

JEEP WAS IN "PARK" IN THE GARAGE - WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF PARKING THE JEEP ROLLED OUT OF THE GARAGE AND DOWN THE DRIVEWAY IMPACTING A PARKED VEHICLE ON THE STREET. THE JEEP WAS FOUND TO BE IN PARK AFTER THE CRASH.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING AND DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OPEN VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY ROLLED BACKWARDS, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE, HITTING CONSUMER.*AK *JB

CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCED TRANSMISSION PROBLEM SUCH AS THE GEARS SLIPPING.*YD

JEEP JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE WHILE DRIVER WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT THAT CAUSED MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA REQUIRING SURGERY AND REHABILITATION.*AK

CAR WAS IN PARK AND ENGINE WAS RUNNING WHEN IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE. DEALER CHECKED OUT CAR AND TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG.*AK

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE IT MOVES BACKWARDS BEFORE SHIFTING INTO GEAR. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS ONLY AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN STARTED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. NLM

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND IDLING, IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS AND KNOCKED OWNER TO THE GROUND, ROLLING OVER THE BOTTOM PORTION OF HER LEFT CALF MUSCLE AND CAUSING SEVERAL BRUISES, VEHICLE ROLLED ACROSS A SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY, AND WAS STOPPED WHEN IT CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL, DEALERSHIP WAS IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE, BUT HAS NOT INFORMED CONSUMER AS TO ANY FINDINGS, CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM HAS SINCE OCCURED ON 2 OTHER OCCASIONS, IN WHICH THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP, SINCE THIS INCIDENT THE VEHICLEHAS BEEN LEAKING WHEN IT RAINS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, MOST LIKELY A RESULT OF THE IMPACT.*JG *NLM

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WHEN IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. BOTH CARS WERE TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AIK

VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS AFTER IT HAD BEEN PUT INTO PARK GEAR, AND THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM IGNITION. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE, RESULTING IN NO INJURIES. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

REPLACED RIGHT FRONT SWAY BAR LINK,/ AXEL ASSEMBLY2-6-2001/ PINION SEAL 10-25-00. *AK

REPLACED RIGHT FRONT SWAY BAR LINK,/ AXEL ASSEMBLY2-6-2001/ PINION SEAL 10-25-00. *AK

ON 11-12-01, I DROVE MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE UP TO MY WORKSHOP BEHIND THE HOUSE. I GOT OUT THE JEEP LEAVING THE DRIVERS DOOR OPEN, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, AND THE SHIFTER WAS IN PARK ! AS I WALKED IN FRONT THE JEEP, IT SUDDENLY STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS. I RAN AROUND TO THE DRIVER SIDE, BUT IT WAS PICKING UP SPEED. IT MOVED BACKWARDS ABOUT 10 -15 YDS BEFORE I CAUGHT UP WITH IT AND JUMPED INSIDE THE DRIVERS SIDE TO APPLY THE BRAKE. HAD I NOT REACHED THE BRAKE, IT WOULD HAVE SLAMMED IN MY NEIGHBORS HOUSE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. I REPORTED A SIMILAR INCIDENT IN AUGUST 2000. AT THAT TIME IT DID BREAK THE TAILLIGHT ON THE JEEP, DENTED THE TAILGATE STRUCTURE, AND SCRAPED THE PAINT WHEN IT KNOCKED DOWN MY PUMP HOUSE. BASICALLY, THIS IS A DANGEOUS SITUATION! AS I SAID, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND I WILL NEVER LEAVE MY ENGINE RUNNING WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK. I STRONGLY SUGGEST THIS MATTER BE LOOKED INTO. I PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND NOW I CAN NOT TRUST IT IN PARK. KNOWING THIS, I WOULD NEVER BUY ANOTHER ONE, NOR SUGGEST ANYONE ELSE BUY ONE EITHER!*AK

MY CAR WAS IN PARK AND IDLING WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO GET SOMETHING OFF THE GROUND. WHEN I GOT OUT, THE CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS AND HIT A CAR PARKED BEHIND ME. WHEN I GOT BACK IN THE CAR, TRANSMISSION HAD SLIPPED INTO REVERSE. *AK

OUR JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE PINNED OUR 2 CHILDREN AGES 2 AND 4 BETWEEN IT AND ANOTHER CAR AFTER BEING PLACED INTO PARK AND JUMPING INTO REVERSE. IT REQUIRED BOTH TO BE AIR EVAC'D TO MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER FOR EVAL AND TREATMENT. WE ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE IT HAD JUMPED INTO REVERSE, THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM AND STATED THEY COULDN'T RECREATE IT. NO ONE WAS IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME THAT IT POPPED INTO REVERSE. I HOPE THIS PROBLEM WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF, WE WERE TOLD UNLESS SOMEONE DIES NOTHING CAN BE DONE, FORTUNATELY WE DID NOT SUFFER ANY FATALITIES. WE HAVE SINCE TURNED IN THE VEHICLE, IF NECESSARY I CAN TRY TO PROVIDE THE VIN NUMBER. *AK

MY CAR WAS RUNNING AND IT PARK, IT AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, HAD MY CHILD IN THE CAR WAS ADJUSTING HIS SEAT BELT AND I HAD TO JUMP BACK INTO MY CAR AND STEP ON THE PARK. NARROWLY MISSED ROLLING INTO THE PATH OF A SEMI-TRUCK. *AK

CONSUMER PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK AND THEN WAITED SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE EXITING THE VEHICLE. AS SHE WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE JEEP STARTED TO MOVE IN REVERSE AND THE DRIVER'S DOOR KNOCKED HER TO THE GROUND. THE TIRE OF THE JEEP THEN RAN OVER HER LEGS. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL IN REVERSE, MADE A TURN TO THE LEFT, DROVE OVER A CURB AND COLLIDED WITH A BUILDING. THE VEHICLE THEN APPARENTLY SHIFTED INTO FORWARD GEAR AS IT TRAVELLED FORWARD THROUGH A GARDEN AND FAILED BEFORE STOPPING IN A GROUP OF TREES. YD

CONSUMER PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK AND THEN WAITED SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE EXITING THE VEHICLE. AS SHE WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE JEEP STARTED TO MOVE IN REVERSE AND THE DRIVER'S DOOR KNOCKED HER TO THE GROUND. THE TIRE OF THE JEEP THEN RAN OVER HER LEGS. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL IN REVERSE, MADE A TURN TO THE LEFT, DROVE OVER A CURB AND COLLIDED WITH A BUILDING. THE VEHICLE THEN APPARENTLY SHIFTED INTO FORWARD GEAR AS IT TRAVELLED FORWARD THROUGH A GARDEN AND FAILED BEFORE STOPPING IN A GROUP OF TREES. YD

JEEP JUMPS BACKWARD WHILE IN PARK OR STOPPED AT A LIGHT. VERY DANGEROUS WITH 2 CHILDREN AT HOME. I AM AFRAID I WILL HIT SOMEONE BEHIND ME BECAUSE THE JEEP WILL JUST 'JERK' BECKWARDS WITH NO WARNING. I WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET THIS CORRECTED. I HAVE CALLED SEVERAL DEALERS IN THE CLEVELAND AREA, AND NONE OF THEM WILL ADMIT TO HAVING ANY 'KNOWLEDGE' OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK

AFTER PLACING MY SUV IN PARK "TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE" IT SLIPPED INTO REVERSE WHILE I WAS EXITING THE CAN AND PINNED ME UNDER THE FRONT TIRE. IT REQUIRED A HOSPITAL VISIT, AND NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN. I RECENTLY READ THAT OTHERS HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR JEEPS AND FELT THAT I SHOULD REPORT THE INCIDENT.*AK

WHILE PLACING VEHICLE IN PARK AND GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE, THE GEAR SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD BETWEEN TWO TREES WHILE DOORS WERE OPEN. *AK *JB

CONSUMER PUT GEAR INTO PARK AND STARTED TO EXIT VEHICLE. VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS, AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP, ATTEMPTED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO BRAKE PEDAL, BUT INSTEAD CONSUMER'S FOOT APPLIED PRESSURE TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THIS RESULTED IN VEHICLE ACCELERATING BACKWARDS, AND CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS ON AN INCLINE, THE EMERGANCY BRAKE WAS ON, WHILE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK IN TO WATER. WHEN THE VEHICLE PULLED OUT OF THE WATER THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS STILL ON.

VEHICLE WAS ON AN INCLINE, THE EMERGANCY BRAKE WAS ON, WHILE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK IN TO WATER. WHEN THE VEHICLE PULLED OUT OF THE WATER THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS STILL ON.

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND MOTOR WAS RUNNING WHEN IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE. VEHICLE BACKED INTO TREE AND DAMAGED LEFT FRONT DOOR.

VEHICLE WAS ON AN INCLINE, THE EMERGANCY BRAKE WAS ON, WHILE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK IN TO WATER. WHEN THE VEHICLE PULLED OUT OF THE WATER THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS STILL ON.

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND MOTOR WAS RUNNING WHEN IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE. VEHICLE BACKED INTO TREE AND DAMAGED LEFT FRONT DOOR.

PE 01 021/ROLL AWAY IN PARK: VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IDLING WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WHEN INADVERTENTLY IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE, HIT TWO TREES AND A LARGE BOULDER. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK

AFTER PUTTING THE GEAR SHIFT IN THE PARK POSITION WITH THEN ENGINE STILL RUNNING, CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE, TURNED TO GO OPEN THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR, AND REALIZED THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARD, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO GET BACK IN THE VEHICLE TO STOP IT, BUT HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE ACCELERATOR, WHICH THEN ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL BACKWARD ULTIMATELY ROLLING OVER THE CONSUMER CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY.*JB

VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK TO OPEN GATE, WENT THROUGH THE GATE, STOPPED VEHICLE AGAIN PLACED IN PARKED, GOT OUT OF VEHICLE TO CLOSE GATE, UPON CLOSING THE GATE, CONSUMER LOOKED UP AND SAW THAT VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE AND COMING TOWARD HER, THE VEHICLE CRASHED THROUGH THE GATE DAMAGING THE ENTIRE DRIVERS SIDE OF VEHICLE.*JB

AFTER PUTTING THE GEAR SHIFT IN THE PARK POSITION WITH THEN ENGINE STILL RUNNING, CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE, TURNED TO GO OPEN THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR, AND REALIZED THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARD, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO GET BACK IN THE VEHICLE TO STOP IT, BUT HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE ACCELERATOR, WHICH THEN ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL BACKWARD ULTIMATELY ROLLING OVER THE CONSUMER CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY.*JB

VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK TO OPEN GATE, WENT THROUGH THE GATE, STOPPED VEHICLE AGAIN PLACED IN PARKED, GOT OUT OF VEHICLE TO CLOSE GATE, UPON CLOSING THE GATE, CONSUMER LOOKED UP AND SAW THAT VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE AND COMING TOWARD HER, THE VEHICLE CRASHED THROUGH THE GATE DAMAGING THE ENTIRE DRIVERS SIDE OF VEHICLE.*JB

CONSUMER LEFT VEHICLE IN IDLE POSITION WHEN GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE. THEN, VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE, AND RAN INTO A CAR TRAILER BEFORE STOPPING. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

PINNED CONSUMER TO WALL. CONSUMER INITALLY STATED HE DID NOT PUT VEHICLE IN PARK BEFORE EXITING TRUCK. *DB 16-4140-919

WHILE IDLING GEARJUMPED *DB 35-N474-943

PARKED THE VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY AND WENT INSIDE. A FEW MOMENTS LATER WENT OUTSIDE AND NITICED THE VEH WAS GONE. THE VEH HAD ROLLED BACKWARD DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND ACRESS THE ROAD. *DB 52-2189-938

VEHICLE WAS PARKED. VEHICLE ROLLED INTO A FENCE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO VEH

CONSUMER STOPPED VEHICLE AND GOT OUT. CAR ROLLED BACK INTO BALCONEY POLE AND THEN ROLLED FARWARD INTO POOL FENCE. *DB 52-2382-493

VEHICLE CAME OUT OF GEAR. *DB 24-5176-815

CAR ROLLED ACROSS THE STREET INTO THE NEIGHBORS TREE. SHE THOUGHT EMERGENCY BREAK ON ALL THE WAY. *DB 42-1248-988

PULLED BOAT OUT OF WATER. SET EMERGENCY BRAKE, GOT OUT OF VEH VEH ROLLED BACK DOWN BOAT RAMP AND SUNK. *DB 43-K076-989

WITH ENGINE RUNNING JUMPED FROM PARK *DB 10-4991-110

THE PARKED VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED INTO THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET. 05-6058-138

THE TRANSMISSION LEVER WAS IN PARK. AFTER GETTING OUT, THE JEEP WENT INTO REVERSE AND INJURED THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. 04-1186-346

GEAR JUMPED FROM PARK. 52-2045-598

WHILE LEFT RUNNING VEHICLE JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE. 13-5780-798

VEHICLE POPPING OUT OF PARK. 59-V016-284

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WHEN IT ROLLED BACKWARDS IN PARKING LOT AND STRUCK A PARKED VEHICLE.52-2192-877

WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE ROLLED BACK INTO RIVER COMPLETLY SUBMERGED. 46-0289-939

GEARJUMP 47-4161-993

OWNER LEFT IN PARK EXITED VEHICLE, THEN VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE HIT TREE, THEN WENT INTO FORWARD.75-F823-319

VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED BACKWARDS. *DB 59-V827-467

THE GEARSHIFT JUMPS INTO REVERSE WHEN THE DRIVER BELIEVES HE IS IN PARK *DB 59-V688-381

WHILE IN A DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW, CONSUMER BUMPED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. HE BACKED UP SLIGHTLY, PUTS VEHICLE IN PARK AND BEGAN TO EXIT VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO DAMAGE, THE VEHICLE THEN ROLLED INTO THE OTHER VEHICLE FOR A 2ND TIME. *DB 13-7236-080

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING, IN PARK. VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK, WENT UPHILL, AND HIT A HOUSE. *DB 33-0150-247

CONSUMER SAW ON TV WHERE JEEPS POSSIBLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLES COMING OUT OF GEAR WHEN ROLLING BACKWARD, ASSUMING VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE WITH DAMAGES, CLAIM 01-6232-070. *SLC

CONSUMER IS REQUESTING INFORMATION REGARDING ANY RECALLS, SERVICE BULLETINS, ETC, THIS VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED JUMPING OUT OF GEAR, ANALYST IS ASSUMING THIS HAPPENED TO CONSUMERS VEHICLE DUE TO LETTER STATING ONE PERSON WAS INJURED, CLAIM 14-1420-829. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED AND IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED BACKWARD, CLAIM 14-1154-955. *SLC

CONSUMER DID NOT SEE INCIDENT, HOWEVER ASSUMES VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND WENT INTO REVERSE HITTING A WALL, AND THEN WENT INTO DRIVE HITTING A VEHICLE, CLAIM 32-V347-010. *SLC

WHILE PARKED AND IDLING, VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE CAUSING DAMAGE, CLAIM 42-8422-356. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, CAME OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE CAUSING A COLLISION, CLAIM 45-0068-534. *SLC

PINNED CONSUMER TO WALL. CONSUMER INITALLY STATED HE DID NOT PUT VEHICLE IN PARK BEFORE EXITING TRUCK. *DB 16-4140-919

VEHICLE CAME OUT OF GEAR. *DB 24-5176-815

PULLED BOAT OUT OF WATER. SET EMERGENCY BRAKE, GOT OUT OF VEH VEH ROLLED BACK DOWN BOAT RAMP AND SUNK. *DB 43-K076-989

THE TRANSMISSION LEVER WAS IN PARK. AFTER GETTING OUT, THE JEEP WENT INTO REVERSE AND INJURED THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. 04-1186-346

GEARJUMP 47-4161-993

CONSUMER SAW ON TV WHERE JEEPS POSSIBLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLES COMING OUT OF GEAR WHEN ROLLING BACKWARD, ASSUMING VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE WITH DAMAGES, CLAIM 01-6232-070. *SLC

WHILE IDLING GEARJUMPED *DB 35-N474-943

PARKED THE VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY AND WENT INSIDE. A FEW MOMENTS LATER WENT OUTSIDE AND NITICED THE VEH WAS GONE. THE VEH HAD ROLLED BACKWARD DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND ACRESS THE ROAD. *DB 52-2189-938

VEHICLE WAS PARKED. VEHICLE ROLLED INTO A FENCE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO VEH

CONSUMER STOPPED VEHICLE AND GOT OUT. CAR ROLLED BACK INTO BALCONEY POLE AND THEN ROLLED FARWARD INTO POOL FENCE. *DB 52-2382-493

WITH ENGINE RUNNING JUMPED FROM PARK *DB 10-4991-110

THE PARKED VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED INTO THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET. 05-6058-138

GEAR JUMPED FROM PARK. 52-2045-598

WHILE LEFT RUNNING VEHICLE JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE. 13-5780-798

VEHICLE POPPING OUT OF PARK. 59-V016-284

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WHEN IT ROLLED BACKWARDS IN PARKING LOT AND STRUCK A PARKED VEHICLE.52-2192-877

WHILE IN PARK VEHICLE ROLLED BACK INTO RIVER COMPLETLY SUBMERGED. 46-0289-939

OWNER LEFT IN PARK EXITED VEHICLE, THEN VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE HIT TREE, THEN WENT INTO FORWARD.75-F823-319

GEAR JUMPED.

VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED BACKWARDS. *DB 59-V827-467

THE GEARSHIFT JUMPS INTO REVERSE WHEN THE DRIVER BELIEVES HE IS IN PARK *DB 59-V688-381

WHILE IN A DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW, CONSUMER BUMPED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. HE BACKED UP SLIGHTLY, PUTS VEHICLE IN PARK AND BEGAN TO EXIT VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO DAMAGE, THE VEHICLE THEN ROLLED INTO THE OTHER VEHICLE FOR A 2ND TIME. *DB 13-7236-080

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING, IN PARK. VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK, WENT UPHILL, AND HIT A HOUSE. *DB 33-0150-247

CONSUMER IS REQUESTING INFORMATION REGARDING ANY RECALLS, SERVICE BULLETINS, ETC, THIS VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED JUMPING OUT OF GEAR, ANALYST IS ASSUMING THIS HAPPENED TO CONSUMERS VEHICLE DUE TO LETTER STATING ONE PERSON WAS INJURED, CLAIM 14-1420-829. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED AND IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED BACKWARD, CLAIM 14-1154-955. *SLC

CONSUMER DID NOT SEE INCIDENT, HOWEVER ASSUMES VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND WENT INTO REVERSE HITTING A WALL, AND THEN WENT INTO DRIVE HITTING A VEHICLE, CLAIM 32-V347-010. *SLC

WHILE PARKED AND IDLING, VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE CAUSING DAMAGE, CLAIM 42-8422-356. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, CAME OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE CAUSING A COLLISION, CLAIM 45-0068-534. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK BUT RUNNING AND VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE. DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS OPENED, AND VEHICLE ROLLED OVER DRIVER'S FOOT AND LEG KNOCKED HER DOWN. DEALERSHP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK *SLC

THE CONSUMER PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND EXITED THE VEHICLE TO CLOSE A GATE AND WHEN SHE TURNES AROUND THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE COMING TOWARDS HER ALMOST PINNING HER AGAINST THE GATE, THE VEHICLE CRASHES THROUGH THE GATE DAMAGING THE ENTIRE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE.

THE VEHICLE MOVED REARWARDS WHILE IT WAS IN PARK WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING DUE TO, PINNING CONSUMER TO LOADING DOCK.*YH

THE CONSUMER WAS BACKING BOAT ON TRAILER DOWN BOAT RAMP, THE CONSUMER LET THE BOAT FLOAT OFF THE VEHICLE, SO THAT THE TRAILER WAS OUT OF THE WATER, THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK AND THE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE, SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE KNOCKING THE CONSUMER DOWN AND DRUG HIM INTO THE WATER, THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A BRUISED RIGHT ANKLE AND WAS COVERED W/ ROAD RASH FROM NECK TO HEELS. NLM

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND IT SUDDENLY ROLLED INTO REVERSE. VEHICLE STOPPED BY APPLYING BRAKES. CONSUMER HAS EXPERINCED SAME INCIDENT 3 OTHER TIMES. DEALER STATED THAT TRANSMISSION COULD BE THE PROBLEM, BUT WAS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPAIRS.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IDLING ON A RAMP AT A INCLINE TO BACK A BOAT INTO WATER, WHEN IT INADVERTENTLY JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE, CAUSING BOAT TRAILER TO JACK KNIFE, AND DAMAGED BACK OF VEHICLE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE TRAILER WAS ALSO DAMAGED. *SLC

PE 01 021/INADVERTENT ROLLAWAY IN REVERSE: WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE GEAR SHIFT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY JUMP OUT OF DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME.*AK CONSUMER STATES THIS IS OCCURRING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS ALREADY IN MOTION. *SLC

TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT APPROX 85000 MILES JAN 2001. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

REAR DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY FAILED AT 15883 MILES AND AGAIN AT 62572 MILES, CONSUMER FINDS THIS FAILURE OF THE BEARINGS UNUSUAL, TRANSFER CASE ADAPTER SEALS WERE LEAKING, FRONT PINION SEAL LEAKING. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DEALER FOUND ABS SENSOR AT RIGHT REAR WHEEL FAILED, DEALER REPLACED. *SLC

AT 40000 MILES VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP IN PARK, CONSUMER THEN PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE, AND VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER, VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT BACKWARD. GEAR INDICATOR SHOWED IT WAS IN REVERSE. DEALER SUGGESTED CONSUMER MIGHT HAVE HAD VEHICLE SERVICED, AND WRONG TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS USED. SINCE THEN, THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST 4 MORE TIMES, ALSO, ONCE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN DRIVE FROM PARK, AND IT TOOK ABOUT A MINUTE BEFORE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD. GEAR SELECTOR ALSO SHOWED IT WAS IN DRIVE. DEALER COULD NOT REMEDY.*AK FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY AND FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED, VEHICLE WOULD CRANK, BUT WOULD NOT START. *SLC

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. TOWED TO DEALER, REPLACED FAILED FUEL PUMP. ON 15 JUNE, 2001 VEHICLE AGAIN DID NOT START. DEALER REPLACED FAILED FUEL PUMP. SECOND FUEL PUMP LASTED 25 MILES BEFORE IT TOO FAILED. DEALER STATED IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER.*AK AT TIMES VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE WHEN PUT IN GEAR. *SLC

CONSUMER LEFT THE VEHICLE RUNNING WITH THE SHIFT LEVER IN PARK, AND WHEN HE TURNED AROUND AFTER HEARING A NOISE, HE SAW THAT VEHICLE WAS ROLLING BACKWARDS.*YH

VEHICLE WHILE PARKED JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE, CAUSING THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS DAMAGE. CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED. IT POPPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE. DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S DOORS WERE OPEN WHEN VEHICLE WAS MOVING BACKWARDS. PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR WAS DAMAGED DUE TO HITTING GARAGE SUPPORT PILLAR POST. PASSENGER'S DOOR BECAME BENT.*AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO REVERSE WHILE IN PARK AND IDLING. DAMAGED DRIVER DOOR.*AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO REVERSE WHILE IN PARK AND IDLING. DAMAGED DRIVER DOOR.*AK

AFTER PARKING VEHICLE WITH ENGINE RUNNIING VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE WITHOUT CONSUMER DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL.*AK VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD DOWN A PARKING LOT OF SHOPPING CENTER AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. * SLC

WHILE ENTERING VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY INDICATION IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND THREW CONSUMER OUT OF VEHICLE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN OVER CONSUEM'S LEG. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER EXITED OUT OF CAR AND LEFT VEHICLE RUNNING IN PARK. WHILE WALKING TO OTHER SIDE OF VEHICLE IT STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND HIT SOME PROPERTY. DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR CAME OFF IN PROCESS. *AK *JB

VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN THE PARK POSITION ON RUNNING; CONSUMER EXITED VEHICLE WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE, ALMOST HITTING CONSUMER. VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONSUMER'S GATE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WITH A BOAT HOOKED ON BACK, IT TOOK OFF INTO REVERSE WITHOUT WARNING ,CAUSING BOAT TO COME THROUGH BACK WINDOW. ALSO, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS INTO WATER. DRIVER HAD TO JUMP IN CAR AND PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE TO GET CONTROL AGAIN. DEALER SAID VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AT TIME OF INCIDENT. *AK

VEHICLE JUMPED GEARS FROM PARK TO REVERSE, CAUSING AUTOMATIC LOCKING SYSTEM TO ENGAGE, AND THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR TO BREAK AWAY AT HINGES. CONSUMER WAS PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S YARD. VEHICLE WAS RUNNING, AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO REVERSE, AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS LEFT RUNNING, IDLING AND DOOR LEFT OPENED. WHEN CONSUMER GOT OUT TO CHECKED MAIL BOX VEHICLE ROLLED BACK IN REVERSE VERY FAST. VEHICLE JUMPED A CURB, CROSSED A RESIDENTIAL STREET, AND ON ITS WAY BACK ACROSS AND UP A SMALL HILL, CONSUMER RAN AND JUMPED INSIDE TO STOP VEHICLE.*AK *JB

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IDLING ITJUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE.CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED FILE WAS CLOSED.*AK DAMGE WAS DONE TO VEHICLE AND CONSUMERS HOME. *SLC

WHILE VEHICLE IS IN PARK, ITWILL JUMP FROM PARK TO REVERSE. HAS HAPPENED TWICE WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING, JUST LIKE IT WAS SEEN ON THE NEWS.*AK CONSUMER STATES ONCE IT DAMAGED A FENCE AND INJURED ONE PERSON, ANOTHER TIME IT OCCURRED IT ROLLED OVER A CURB WRECKING INTO AND CRASHING INTO A BUILDING. *SLC

JEEP HAS HAD PROBLEMS IN 2 OTHER OCCASIONS BUT DEALER SAID FUEL SYSTEM CARBIND UP,THE JEEP DID NOT WANT TO SHIFT THROUGH GEARS,THEY SAID THEY CLEANED THROTTLE BODY SENT ME HOME SEEMED O.K.,NOW THEY HAVE FOUND METAL IN THE PAN AT BOTTOM OF TRANSMISSION. THEY WANT 1700 DOLLARS TO FIX ,REBUILD IT. THATS HOW MUCH THEY CHARGED ME FOR THE EXTENED WARRENTY. MY WIFE DRIVES THE JEEP AND TAKES THE HIGHWAY TO WORK . THEY FOUR WHEEL FUNCTION ALSO FAILED FUNCTIONING FIRST TIME TRYED TO USE . OTHER DRIVERS WERE BLOWING THIER HORNS.

VEHICLE WAS LEFT IN DRIVEWAY IN PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING. WHILE OWNER WAS INSIDE THE HOUSE, VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO REVERSE (IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE). STEERING WHEEL WAS LEFT IN A TURNED CONFIGURATION, SO VEHICLE DID NEARLY A 360 DEGREE TURN IN REVERSE AND IMPACTED A TREE AND OWNER'S HOME CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.*AK

VECHILE IN PARK JUMPED INTO REVERSE RAN OVER ME. *AK

VEHICLE WAS LEFT IN DRIVEWAY IN PARK WITH ENGINE RUNNING. WHILE OWNER WAS INSIDE THE HOUSE, VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO REVERSE (IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE). STEERING WHEEL WAS LEFT IN A TURNED CONFIGURATION, SO VEHICLE DID NEARLY A 360 DEGREE TURN IN REVERSE AND IMPACTED A TREE AND OWNER'S HOME CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.*AK

VECHILE IN PARK JUMPED INTO REVERSE RAN OVER ME. *AK

THE VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO GEAR AND PINNED MYSELF AND OUR 4 YR. OLD DAUGHTER BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES. WHEN MY HUSBAND CALLED AND SPOKE WITH A JEEP ENGINEER, THEY DENIED ANY OTHER INCIDENTS OF THIS NATURE HAPPENING. I CAN OBATIN POLICE REPORTS AND HOSPITAL BILLS TO CONFIRM THE ACCIDENT. ALSO THE PERSON WHO HAD TO BACK THE VEHICLE TO UNPIN US STATES THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK!! THIS IS A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

WHEN PARKED ON AN INCLINE/ENGINE LOW OVERNIGHT, TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. IF THE DRIVER DEPRESSES THE ACCELERATOR, A HARD ENGAGEMENT INTO DRIVE MAY OCCUR WITH A SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED JUMP FORWARD OF THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED BY THE DEALER. THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE INSISTED UPON COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. DEALER HAS AGREED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR 30 DAYS.*AK

VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACKWARD WHILE IDLING IN PARK. NO OTHER CONSUMERS/VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT. DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, LEFT OPEN WHEN CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE, WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED A MAILBOX. *AK *SLC

PUT VEHICLE IN PARK AND GOT OUT TO CHECK MAIL, WALKED AROUND BACK OF VEHICLE TO MOVE TRASH CANS, AND NOTICED VEHICLE MOVING BACKWARDS. IT KEPT MOVING. WAS ABLE TO GRAB BUMPER, BUT NOT STOPPING VEHICLE. DRIVER'S DOOR WAS STILL OPEN , AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GET IN. VEHICLE WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, BACKWARDS, BUT WAS NOT TOTALED. VEHICLE LANDED ON DRIVER'S DOOR.*AK

YES I GOT OUT OF MY JEEP LEFT IT RUN AND IT JUMPED OUT OF GEARS ANDMY DOODRIVE SIDE GOT MISS UP. *AK

I PARKED THE CAR. WALKED AWAY. THE CAR STARTED MOVING IN REVERSE. I RAN BACK TO THE CAR,JUMPED IN TO STOP IT.MISSED THE BRAKE AND HIT THE GAS PEDAL.THE CAR JUMPED A CURB AND WENT THROUGH A LARGE PLATE OF GLASS ON A COMMERCIAL BLDG. SINCE THAN THE CAR HAS JUMPED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL AND ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS ON AT LEAST 3 OTHER OCCASIONS. I DON'T TRUST THIS CAR'S TRANSMISSION. MY INSURANCE HAS GONE UP BECAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. I WOULD LIKE THE ACCIDENT REMOVED FROM MY RECORD BECAUSE NOW I'M HEARING I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. I READ IN THE SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS ON JULY 4 & AUG 3 THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE ADVISE ME ON WHAT I NEED TO DO TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM.*AK

CAR WAS PUT INTO PARK WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. MY DAUGHTER STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO GET MAIL OUT OF THE MAILBOX. THE CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. SHE TRIED TO GET IN TO STOP IT, BUT WAS KNOCKED TO THE PAVEMENT (NO INJURY). THE CAR BACKED THRU A FEANCE AND INTO A TREE. THE REAR WINDOW WAS BROKEN OUT THE TRUNCK HOOD DEMOLISHED AND THE BACK BUMPER SCRAPPED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN "PARK" UNATTENDED IN STREET, SLIPPED INTO REVERSE WITH NO PERSON IN VEHICLE. VEHICLE DROVE ITSELF IN REVERSE SMASHING INTO NEIGHBORS FRONTYARD, MOWING DOWN TREES AND BOULDER. ALMOST COLLIDING INTO LIVING ROOM! HAVE PHOTOS OF INCIDENT AVAILABLE.*AK

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HAD TO STOP TO REMOVE SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THE ROAD. I PLACED THE JEEP IN PARK AND LEFT MY VEHICLE. AFTER I LEFT THE VEHICLE, IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS AND STRUCK THE CAR BEHIND ME. I THOUGHT AT THE TIME THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD SLIPPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE BUT I DID NOT HAVE IT CHECKED OUT SINCE IT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE. NOW I AM READING THAT THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EXACT PROBLEM WITH THE JEEP.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WITH EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE IN UP POSITON WHEN IT JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE, CAUSING FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR TO BE KNOCKED OFF THE HINGES, AND THE REAR OF VEHICLE TO BE SMASHED IN. ESTIMATED DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER FOR PROBLEM, BUT INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SITUATION WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THAT VEHICLE. *AK *JB

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING, EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED, SUDDENLY VEHICLE WENT BACKWARD, CONSUMER OPENED DRIVERS DOOR AND KNOCKED CONSUMER DOWN AS SHE TRIED TO JUMP INTO VEHICLE TO STOP IT, VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WHEN IT HIT A ROCK FENCE, CONSUMER WAS BRUISED, AND HIT HER HEAD ON DRIVERS DOOR. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE $ 3000.00. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER STATES HE PUT VEHICLE INTO PARK, EXITED TO CLOSE THE DOOR, AND AS HE WAS A FEW FEET AWAY THERE WAS A GRIDING NOISE, CONSUMER THEN TURNED AROUND AND SAW THE VEHICLE ROLLING BACK TOWARD HIM, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO JUMP INSIDE AND STOP THE VEHICLE BY APPLYING THE BRAKES.*JB

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, CAUSING IT TO STALL, DEALER REPLACED PARTS OF TRANSMISSION.*AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY THREE DIFFERENT REPAIR SHOPS BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS DETECTED.*JB

UPON SEEING THE NHTSA IS REVIEWING THE GRAND CHEROKEE FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS I BELIEVE MY JEEP IS EXIBITING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THE DRIVE STICK HAS ALWAYS BEEN MOVEABLE FROM THE DRIVE OR REVERSE POSTION INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BUTTON. I HAVE ALSO EXPRERIANCED THE CAR SLIPPING GEARS WHILE IDLING.*AK

THE CAR ROLLS BACK TO REVERSE DIRECTION EVEN THOUGH GEAR IS SET TO FRON DIRECTION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

TRANSFER CASE FAILED, BEARINGS, CHAIN, SEALS, AND LUBRICATION WERE REPLACED, EIGHT MONTHS LATER SEALS FAILED CAUSING TRANSFER CASE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN, DEALER STATED MOPAR HAD NO WARRANTY SO CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO PAY IN FULL FOR REPAIRS, CONSUMER WAS TOLD AT TIME OF FIRST REPLACEMENT THAT WORK WOULD BE GUARANTEED FOR TWELVE MONTHS. *SLC CONSUMER IS REQUESTING A REFUND FOR REPAIR EXPENSES. *SLC

VEHICLE SHIFTED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY FROM PARK TO REVERSE WHILE IDLING, RESULTING IN A COLLISION, AND CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE . PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT AN INCLINE, ENGINE RUNNING, EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED. CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS INSIDE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY VEHICLE WENT BACKWARD, WAS STOPPED BY A RETAINING WALL. CHILD SUFFERED FRACTURED LEFT ARM. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK

VEHICLE SHIFTED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY FROM PARK TO REVERSE WHILE IDLING RESULTING IN A COLLISION AND PROPERTY DAMAGE TO ANOTHER VEHICLE . PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR. ALSO, HAD TO PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, AND IT REVVED UP TO RED. CAN HEAR A NOISE WHEN STARTING VEHICLE TO ROLL BACK. AT THAT POINT IT WILL GO INTO GEAR. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

MY JEEP WAS ON LEVEL GROUND. I PUT IT INTO "PARK" WITH THE ENGIN, E STILL RUNNING IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO MOMENTARILY CHECK ON SOMETHING. PERHAPS 30 SECONDS LATER WHEN I WAS ABOUT 15 FEET FROM THE VEHICLE, IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND RAMMED INTO TWO CARS PARKED BEHIND IT. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS IN THE JEEP. NO ONE IN THE CARS WAS HURT. THE JEEP WAS NOT DAMAGED BUT THE TWO CARS WERE. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY.*AK

CONSUMER STATES AS SHE WAS DRIVING OUT OF HER DIRVEWAY, SHE STOPPED PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO RETRIEVE AN OBJECT FROM THE GROUND, WHEN CONSUMER LEFT THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACK, INSTANTLY CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO JUMP BACK INTO THE VEHICLE AND SECURE IT, IN WHICH SHE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ROLL BACKWARDS, CRASHING INTO A NEIGHBORS HOUSE CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE,GARAGE AND PARKED VEHICLES, CONSUMER WAS ALSO INJURED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE.*JB

CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, WITH ENGINE RUNNING, EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT APPLIED, SUDDENLY VEHICLE WENT BACKWARD, CONSUMER TRIED TO JUMP IN AND STOP VEHICLE, BUT WAS KNOCKED OVER BY OPEN DRIVER'S DOOR. VEHICLE HIT A TREE, AND CAME TO A STOP. PLEASE ADD AMOUNT OF DAMAGE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IN "PARK" WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. DRIVER GOT OUT TO REMOVE SOMETHING FROM THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED GOING IN REVERSE. DRIVER TRIED TO STOP IT BY OPENING THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. BEFORE THE DRIVER COULD GET IN, THE DOOR GOT CAUGHT ON SOMETING IN THE GARAGE AND PINNED THE DRIVERS LEG, CRUSHING IT. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO GO IN REVERSE UNTIL THE DOOR WAS BENT ALL THE WAY BACK. SOMETHING GOT WEDGED UNDER THE VEHICLE, STOPPING IT FROM GOING ANY FURTHER, ALTHOUGH THE WHEELS WERE STILL TURNING. UNABLE TO FREE HER LEG, SHE STARTED SCREAMING FOR HELP. A NEIGHBOR CAME TO THE RESCUE, CONFIRMING THAT THE SHIFT LEVER WAS INDEED IN THE "PARK" POSITION. THE VEHICLE HAS HENCE BEEN NAMED "CHRISTINE". THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM.*AK

I HAVE EXPERIENCED TWO INCIDENTS IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS INVOLVING MY PLACING THE VEHICLE INTO "PARK" AND HAVING THE VEHICLE MOVE IN REVERSE WHILE IDLING. THERE IS ALSO A FREQUENT LOCKING OF THE SHIFT MECHANISM AFTER SITTING FOR PERIODS. THE SHIFTER BECOMES LOCKED IN THE "PARK" POSITION AND I MUST USE FORCE TO REMOVE THE SHIFTER FROM THE "PARK" POSITION. THIS PRODUCES THE SOUND OF BREAKING PLASTIC ALTHOUGH I NOTICE NO OTHER ADVERSE AFFECTS TO THE SHIFTING. I HAD THOUGHT ON BOTH OCCASSIONS WHEN THE CAR WENT INTO REVERSE ON ITS OWN THAT I HAD MERELY MISPLACED THE SHIFTER, BUT NOW I THINK NOT. PLEASE KEEP ME INFORMED AS TO ANY POSSIBLE MANUFACTURER ADJUSTMENT OR RECALL OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE WARMING UP JEEP IN GARAGE ON FLAT SURFACE I PROCEDED TO EXIT VEHICLE TO RETURN TO THE HOUSE, UPON CLOSING THE DOOR THE JEEP BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS I ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOOR AND RETURN TO THE VEHICLE I WAS UNABLE TO ENTER THE VEHICLE DRUG ME OUT THE GARAGE THE FRONT DRIVER'S DOOR WAS BENT FORWARD TO THE BUMPER BY THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE I WAS SQUISHED BETWEEN THE SIDE OF THE GARAGE AND THE JEEP. UPON LEAQVING THE GARAGE I CONTINUED TO ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY PRESSING THE BRAKE WITH MY HANDS I WAS UNABLE TO DO THIS IMY FEET SLIPPED ON THE ICE IN THE DRIVEWAY AND I FELL BENETH THE VEHICLE. THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL RAN OVER MY LEFT LEG AT THE CALF. ITHE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL UNTIL IT CAME TO A STOP IN A PILE OF SNOW AGAINST A LIGHT POLE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREED. AT THAT TIME THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD AND WAS STOPPED BY THE SNOW. THE DRIVER'S DOOR COULD NOT BE CLOSED, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START DUE TO HITTING THE LIGHT POLE WITH THE BUMPER THE COLLESION DEVICE WAS ACTIVATED. I WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH DAMAGED NERVES AND TISSUE LUCKILY NO BROKEN BONES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE JEEP DEALER IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA WHERE THEY REPLACED SOME PARTS AND FIXED THE DOOR. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN DESPITE MY ATTEMPTS AT THAT TIME TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER THROUGH THE DEALER OF THE DEFECTIVE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED THE JEEP TO SLIP INTO REVERSE.*AK

PE 01 021/ROLLED AWAY IN PARK:VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IDLING WHEN IT INADVERTENTLY JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE AND RAN INTO A PARKED CAR. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK *SLC

PE 01 021/ ROLLED AWAY IN PARK: VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO APPLY BRAKES BEFORE IT TOOK OFF. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME, ALSO, A CLUNKING WOULD APPEAR AFTER APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL.*AK *SLC

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WITH ENGINE IDLING IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE, CAUSING A COLLISION, AND RESULTING IN PROPERTY DAMAGE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER PUT VEHICLE IN PARK AND GOT OUT, WHEN CONSUMER GOT OUT SHE REALIZED VEHICLE WAS MOVING AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP IT, HOWEVER WAS PULLED UNDER THE FRONT TIRE AND TIRE RAN OVER BOTH FEET, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO GO DOWN THE STREET UNTIL COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, CONSUMER WAS INJURED AND IS STILL UNDER PHYSICIANS CARE. *SLC

RECALL 98 V 006 000/TEMPORARY SPACE SAVER: FRONT AXLE OVERHEATED DUE TO TEMPORARY SPARE TIRE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THAT RECALL. *AK CONSUMER FOUND RECALL 98V006, BUT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. VENT TUBE FROM THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL WAS SPIITING BURNING OIL INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *SLC

RECALL 98 V 006 000/TEMPORARY SPACE SAVER: FRONT AXLE OVERHEATED DUE TO TEMPORARY SPARE TIRE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THAT RECALL. *AK CONSUMER FOUND RECALL 98V006, BUT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. VENT TUBE FROM THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL WAS SPIITING BURNING OIL INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND GOING UP HILL THERE IS A HESITATION COMING FROM ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE TRANSFER CASE IS BINDING ON TURNS AND THE GEARS TEND TO CLICK WHEN DRIVING OVER 70 MPH. *SLC

CONSUMER BACKED HIS VEHICLE ON THE BOAT RAMP AND PUT IT IN PARK, WHEN CONSUMER GOT OUT TO UNLOCK HIS BOAT FROM THE BOAT TRAILER, THE VEHICLE CAME OUT OF PARK, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED FROM WATER DAMAGE AND CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *SLC

JEEP WAS IN PARK FOR ABOUT 30 SECS. RETURNED TO JEEP AND FOUND IT STARTING TO MOVE IN REVERSE. IT PICKED UP SPEED AND IN RUNNING AFTER IT I FELL AND HURT MY KNEE. GOT BACK UP AND CHASED JEEP FOR ABOUT 50 FT. IT BACKED UP INTO UPHILL DRIVEWAY AND SLOWED DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO OPEN DOOR AND PULL PARKING BRAKE WHICH STOPPED JEEP. I NOTICED THAT IT STILL WAS IN PARK. *AK

IN JANUARY OF 2000, I PUT MY VEHICLE INTO THE PARK POSITION, WITHOUT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON, AND LEFT IT IDLING. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR, AND WHEN I TURNED AROUND MY CAR HAD ROLLED BACK AND CRASHED INTO TWO OTHER VEHICLES. I RECENTLY READ AN ARTICLE IN THE DENVER POST CONCERNING THIS EXACT SITUATION, WHILE IDLING WITH THE GEAR SHIFT IN THE PARK POSITION THEY "INADVERTANTLY ROLLAWAY IN REVERSE". THE AMONT OF DAMAGES I REPORTED WAS FOR REPAIRS TO MY VEHICLE ONLY. MY INSURANCE PROVIDER WILL HAVE THE OTHER AMOUNTS. PLEASE SEND ME ANY AND ALL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. THANK YOU.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY/ ENGINE RUNNING/ EMERGENCY BRAKE NOT ENGAGED/ DRIVER'S DOOR OPEN, AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT BACKWARDS. CONSUMER RAN AFTER VEHICLE TO STOP IT. $ 300.00 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER RECEIVED A GASH TO THE LEG WHEN JUMPING IN VEHICLE TO STOP IT. *SLC

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

MY JEEP SLIPPED INTO REVERSE WHILE SHIFT WAS IN PARK. THE CAR ROLLED BACK THROUGH MY GARAGE WITH THE CAR DOOR OPEN AND SMASHED THROUGH THE GARAGE CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH THE CAR AND THE GARAGE. I WAS SURE I DID NOT LEAVE THE CAR IN REVERSE. THE CAR WAS IN PARK WHEN I GOT BACK INTO IT. I DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER, THE INSURANCE AGENT, THE MECHANIC AND BODY SHOP. I ALSO CALLED THE DEALER TO SEE IF THEY HAVE HEARD OF THIS BEFORE. THEY SAID NO. I GOT NO WHERE PROVING THAT IT WAS A DEFECT AND AS A RESULT MY INSURANCE AND ME COVERED THE REPAIRS. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ALSO STATED THAT HE COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO STAY IN PARK AND IT KEPT SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AND ROLLING BACK ON HIS TRUCK. HE EVIDENTUALLY GOT IT TO STICK SO HE COULD TOW IT.*AK

I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER THAT THE CAR POPED OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE. THEY ASSURED ME THAT THIS HAD NEVER HAPPENED, SO I JUST THOUGHT I MIGHT NOT HAVE ENGAGED THE CAR FULLY IN PARK. I HAD BACKED UP TO A CUSTOMER'S LOADING DOCK, PUT THE CAR IN PARK. OPEN

THE JEEP WAS REVERSED UP A DRIVEWAY AND PLACED IN PARK. THE DRIVER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, THEN ABOUT 20 SECONDS LATER, THE JEEP JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND DROVE ACROSS THE STREET AND WAS STOPPED BY A DITCH. THE HAND BRAKE WAS NOT ACTIVATED. I DID NOT REPORT IT AT THE TIME BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT MUST HAVE BEEN A DRIVER ERROR, BUT I SAW THE SAFETY REPORT ON CNN (7/4/01) AND REALIZED THAT THE INCIDENT WAS DUE TO A DEFECT. *AK

THE CAR JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE. DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE SUFFERED INJURIES AND HAS MEDICALS BILLS OF ABOUT $60,000. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK WITH MOTOR RUNNING. DRIVER EXITED AUTOMOBILE TO PICK UP MAIL. DRIVER NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS MOVING BACKWARDS AND ATTEMPTED TO REENTER VEHICLE TO STOP IT. DRIVER KNOCKED DOWN BY DOOR AND VEHICLE ROLLED OVER BOTH LEGS CAUSING AN OFFSET FRACTURE IN RIGHT FIBIA AND TRAUMA TO LEFT FOOT. THERE IS A POLICE REPORT NUMBER 797566. CHRYSLER SENT OUT AN INSPECTOR, THEN SENT A LETTER DISCLAIMING ANY RESPONSIBILITY. FURTHER CHRYSLER REFUSED TO SUPPLY A COPY OF INSPECTORS REPORT. DRIVER REQUIRED SURGERY WITH IMPLANTATION OF ROD AND SCREWS. LEG STILL NOT TOTALLY HEALED. HOSPITAL BILLS TOTALLED OVER $10,000. *AK

MY WIFE WAS GOING TO WORK ON 08/14/00. SHE WARMED THE JEEP UP, DROVE UP TO THE PORCH, LEFT THE ENGINE RUNNING AND PLACED THE JEEP IN PARK. WHILE INSIDE THE HOUSE, SHE NOTICED THE JEEP SUDDENLY LURCHED AND STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS( THIS WAS ON A NONPAVED FLAT SURFACE). . SHE RAN OUT THE HOUSE TO TRY AND STOP IT, BUT TOO LATE. LUCKILY, IT DROVE THROUGH MY PUMP HOUSE IN THE BACK YARD. THE WHEELS ROLLED OVER A 4" HIGH CEMENT BASE WHICH LODGED THE WHEELS TO A STOP.. IT HAD SHOVED OUT THE DOOR AND SIDE OF A 10' X 10 ' SHED COVERING MY WATER PUMP. IT PUT A DENT IN MY REAR HATCH DOOR TOP AND BUSTED THE REAR LEFT TURN SIGNAL. I DID NOT REPORT IT TO POLICE BECAUSE IT WAS IN MY YARD AND IT DID NOT DAWN ON ME THE TRANSMISSION MAY HAVE JUMPED OUT OF PARK. HOWEVER, ON APPROXIMATELY APRIL 12,2001 I HAD PLACED IT IN PARK , WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, WHEN SUDDENLY IT JUMPED IN REVERSE WITH ME STILL SITTING IN THE SEAT. I IMMEDIATELY BRAKED AND AGAIN PLACED THE SHIFTER INTO PARK. NOTHING HAPPENED AGAIN, SO I JUST SHRUGGED IT OFF AS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. BUT THE OTHER DAY I WAS TALKING WITH ANOTHER JEEP OWNER WHO HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THIS INCIDENT IN CASE OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I DO NOT LEAVE MY JEEP RUNNING IN PARK AT ANY TIME NOW, I DO NOT TRUST IT. PLUS, WITH THE WARRANTY RUNOUT, I FIQURED NOTHING WOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT ANYWAY AND I WOULD JUST GO THROUGH A LOT OF EXPENSE CHECKING IT FOR NOTHING. BUT, I DO BELIEVE THERE IS SOME KIND OF INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH THESE TRANSMISSIONS.*AK

I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, STEPPED OUT OF THE CAR, TURNED AROUND AND GLANCED AT THE CAR, AND SAW THAT IT WAS ROLLING BACKWARDS DOWN THE STREET. I RAN TO JUMP INTO THE CAR, LANDED CHEST FIRST ON THE DRIVER SEAT, WITH MY LEGS DANGLING OUT THE DOOR. I SAW THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE, RATHER THAN PARK, AS I HAD LEFT IT. I THREW THE CAR INTO PARK. IT KEPT ROLLING, PICKING UP SPEED AND FORCING MY BODY TO BEGIN SLIPPING OUT THE DOOR. I REACHED FOR THE FOOT BRAKE, COULDN'T REACH IT, AND FELL OUT THE DOOR. THE VEHICLE'S WHEELS ROLLED 12 INCHES FROM MY HEAD. I JUMPED UP AND WATCHED THE VEHICLE CRASH INTO A NEIGHBOR'S GARAGE AND STOP. I DON'T KNOW THE DOLLAR COST DAMAGE TO THE GARAGE. *AK

CAR WENT INTO REVERSE WHEN PARKED "PARK" REVERSED INTO A TREE DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AT ABOUT 10 MPH. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE REAR END. THEN, TWO MONTHS LATER, I WAS PARKED IN PARK IN FRONT OF OUR FARM GATE, MOTOR RUNNING, WHEN I HOPPED OUT TO GET THE MAIL FROM THE BOX ACROSS THE LANE. AS I STARTED TO LEAVE THE OPEN DOOR, THE CAR STARTED TO MOVE FROM THE STOPPED POSITION IN REVERSE. I RAN ALONGSIDE AND JUMPED BACK IT AND STOMPED ON THE BRAKE. IT WAS THIS TIME THAT I LOOKED AT THE GEAR SHIFT AND NOTED THAT IT HAD MOVED FROM THE PARK POSITION TO A PLACE JUST ABOVE THE R FOR REVERSE BUT INDEED WAS IN REVERSE! MY BODY SHOP PERSON HAD INFORMED ME OF ANOTHER JEEP OWNER WHO WAS PINNED AGAINST HIS GARAGE DOOR WHEN HIS JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE WENT FROM PARK INTO REVERSE. I CAN GET HIM TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THIS ORGANIZATION. THE DEALERS RESPONSE TO ME WAS "I PROPBABLY DID NOT HAVE IT IN GEAR PROPERLY AND DID I HAVE THE PARKING BRAKE ON?" BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY.....I SURE PUT IT ON NOW AND CHECK IT DOUBLE BUT SURE DON'T TRUST IT ENOUGH TO IDLE IN PARK......ALTHOUGH AFTER DRIVING FOR 35 YEARS I HAVE NEVER HAD THE PROBLEM WITH OTHER CARS OR TRUCKS! THE FUEL PUMP HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN A PROBLEM FOR THEM AS THE DEALER SAID THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL FAILURES "BUT NO RECALL" THE PUMP HAS TO BE REPLACED BY FACTORY PART AT $500 PLUS DOLLARS WITH AN ADDITIONAL $700.00 FOR LABOR TO INSTALL "AND EVEN THEN, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE IT BUT FOR 6 MONTHS! THANKS TO THE LA TIMES FOR THE ARTICLE ON THE JEEP REVERSE PROBLEM AND I WILL BET YOU THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN A "SMALL' NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE.*AK

I PULLED MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE INTO MY BANK PARKING LOT, PUT IT IN PARK AND SPENT A FEW MOMENTS GETTING OUT MY BANK CARD. THEN, I GOT OUT OF MY CAR AND LEFT THE DRIVER DOOR OPEN. WENT TO THE TELLER MACHINE, INSERTED MY CARD, I.D. INFO, ETC. THEN TURNED TO SEE MY CAR JUST STARTING TO BACK AWAY. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE WHEELS WERE TURNED, IT BASICALLY BACKED IN A CIRCULAR MOTION AND PROCEED TO GO RIGHT THROUGH A SMALL SHOPPING MALL AND THE PLATE GLASS WINDOW OF A SHOP. NO ONE WAS HURT BUT SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE SHOP, MALL AND MY CAR. GEICO PAID FOR THE DAMAGES TO THE SHOP AND MALL BUT I NEVER CASHED THEIR CHECK FOR MY CAR BECAUSE IT WAS INSUFFICIENT TO GET REPAIRS AT THREE DIFFERENT SHOPS AND I WAS WAITING UNTIL I COULD ROUND UP THE EXTRA DOLLARS I WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE REPAIRS MADE.MADE.*AK

ON OCTOBER 30, 2000, WHEN DRIVING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WITH '96 GRAND CHEROKEE JEEP, I STOPPED AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK TO GET OUT OF THE CAR TO RETRIEVE AN OBJECT ON THE GROUND. WHEN I LEFT THE VEHICLE I NOTICED IT STARTED TO ROLL BACK, INSTANTLY I ATTEMPTED TO JUMP BACK INTO THE JEEP AND SECURE IT. I WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN MY ATTEMPT AND THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ROLL BACKWARDS, CRASHING INTO MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HOUSE, GARAGE AND PARKED VEHICLES. I WAS ALSO INJURED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE RUNAWAY VEHICLE, SUSTAINING A FRACTURED ANKLE AND SHOULDER INJURY. A LOCAL POLICE REPORT WAS FILED IN THE TOWN OF SHREWSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS AND A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT WAS FILED WITH MY AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY. I ASSUMED THAT I MAY NOT HAVE PUT THE CAR IN "PARK" SINCE I NEVER SUSPECTED A DEFECT WITH THE GRAND CHEROKEE. AFTER READING THE ARTICLE YESTERDAY IN THE NEWS, I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT WAS SO SIMILAR TO MY EXPERIENCE. IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL ME. I WILL BE GLAD TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE VEHICLE ID NUMBER, MY DAUGHTER HAS THE CAR OUT OF STATE, BUT WHEN SHE RETURNS I WILL OBTAIN THE NUMBER AND SEND IT TO YOU.*AK

THE JEEP AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTED TO REVERSE AFTER IT WAS PUT IN PARK AND THE DRIVER WAS OUT OF THE CAR. WE HAD TO CHASE THE VEHICLE, JUMP IN AND STOP IT BEFORE IT WOULD HAVE CRASHED INTO A FENCE AND POSSIBLY GONE ONTO A MAJOR ROAD. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT IN JAN.2001. ON MAY 4TH, 2001 I TOOK VECHILE TO AMOCCO TRANSMISSION TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC OF THE TRANSMISSION. WAS TOLD THERE WAS A PROBLEM, SINCE MY VECHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, WAS TOLD TO TAKE BACK TO DEALER. JERRY'S LINCLON-JEEP DEALER HAD MY VECHILCE FOR TWO WEEKS AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION, I GAVE THEM AMOCCO'S DIAGNOTIC REPORT. ON 5/20/01 I WAS DRIVING ON RT 81 SOUTH -VA, WHEN I PUT MY JEEP IN TO 4 WHEEL DRIVE, IT STARTED TO BURN, CALLED 911 AND TOLD TO GET OUT OF VECHICLE. THE JEEP THEN PROCEEDED TO CATCH ON FIRE. THE WODDSTOCK,VA FIR DEPARTMENT PUT OUT FIRE. IT WAS TOWED TO THE WOODSTOCK GARAGE(JEEP DEALER). IT IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE ABOUT $7500 WORTH OF DAMAGE. I WAS TOLD BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY IT MIGHT BE TOTALED.. *AK

GREAT WEATHER, SMOOTH ROAD, A BOTTOM OF A HILL, LEFT REAR AXLE BROKE AT 60 MPH CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AND THEN ROLL. LEFT REAR WHEEL TOTALLY SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS AFTER ROLLING AND LANDING UPSIDE DOWN.

THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM MAY HAVE EXISTED WHEN WE PURCHASED CAR. BUT BEING THAT IT WAS NEW TO US, WE DID NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GOOD OR BAD TRANSMISSION. I DID AT FIRST SAY SOMETHING TO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THEY SAID IT WAS FINE THAT THIS IS HOW IT NORMALLY IS. BUT THE SAME ISSUE THAT I HAVE FELT SINCE DAY NUMBER ONE OF OUR PURCHASE IS EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT TODAY. I HAVE ALSO FOUND OUT FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION SPECIALISTS THAT CHRYLSER JEEPS HAVE AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. THEY ALL FAIL FOR THE SAME EXACT REASONS. IT IS APPARENTLY AN INHERENT DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION.*AK

3TH TRANSMISSION IN 2 YEARS--40,000 MILES!!!!

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IT WILL NOT GO IN REVERSE, WHEN DRIVINGAT ANY SPEED IT SOMETIMES WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS, RPMS STAY UP.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 60MPH HEARD A NOISE. NOTICED SMOKE IN REAR MIRROR. TRIED GETTING OFF FREEWAY BESIDE RAMP. PARKED VEHICLE. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. TOWED TO DEALER. INFORMED REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAD GOTTEN HOT WHICH CAUSED FIRE. HAD BEEN TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES COMPLAINING ABOUT DIFFERENTIAL.*AK

SINCE THE BRAKE DISC ROTOR WAS RECALLED ON MY CAR I WONDERED WHETHER ANY OTHER OWNERS HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE RUSTING OF FRONT AXLE JOINTS AND CALIPERS HANGING UP. THANK YOU!*AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS COST US OVER $3,000 IN THE FIRST 1 YEAR AND HALF WE HAVE OWNED IT. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A VEHICLE WITH THIS LITTLE OF MILEAGE AND HAD EVERYTHING GO UP. WE FEEL THIS AUTO IS A TOTAL LEMON AND PEOPLE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS OF THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. WE HAVE NEVER TOWED ANYTHING NOR HAD IT ON ANYTHING OTHER SURFACE OTHER THAN A PAVED ROAD. I'M NOT SURE WHAT IF ANYTHING YOU CAN DO FOR US, BUT LETTING THE NHTSA KNOW ABOUT THIS VEHICLE IS SOME REASSURANCE. WHAT REALLY UPSETS ME IS THAT WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FROM A SUPPOSED REPUTABLE DEALER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'D APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE ME ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE AS FAR AS ANY OTHER OWNER COMPLAINTS ETC. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. *AK

CONSUMER REAR AXLE AND TRANSFER CASE FAILED AT THE SAME TIME. NLM

CONSUMER REAR AXLE AND TRANSFER CASE FAILED AT THE SAME TIME. NLM

FIRST DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE HAPPENED ON VACATION TRIP AFTER I INSTALLED TWO NEW TIRES. JEEP STARTED MAKING HIGH PITCHED WHINE & PASSENGERS & I COULD DETECT WHAT SMELLED LIKE HOT FLUIDS. STOPPED & NOTED LIQUID ON ENGINE, TIRES, AND FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. LIQUID WAS SMOKING! TOOK TO JEEP DEALER LISTED IN THIS REPORT & DEALER REBUILT FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. SAID ALL WAS OK. AFTER 200 MILES, FRONT DIFFERENTIAL AGAIN FAILED AND THIS TIME IT WAS A MAJOR JOLT! THIS TIME AT 75 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC! WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THRU TRAFFIC & GET TO SIDE OF ROAD. FRONT DIFFERENTIAL WAS "RED HOT!" & I WAS AFRAID OF A FIRE. CALLED JEEP ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE & THEY GOT ME A TOW. DEALER WHERE CAR WAS TOWED SAID FRONT DIFF GOT SO HOT THAT IT WARPED! ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS BECAUSE I PUT NEW TIRES ON FRONT & NOT BACK. SAID DIFFERENCE IN DIAMETERS ON TIRES (NEW VS. WORN) CAUSED THE QUADRA-TRAC DRIVE TO FAIL. LATER INQUIRY TO DAMLER-CHRYSLER RESULTED IN A "VERBAL" RESPONSE THAT, "IF THERE IS AS MUCH AS 1/2" DIFFERENCE IN CIRCUMFERENCE OF TIRES ON THE QUADRA-TRAC UNITS, A DRIVE TRAIN FAILURE CAN OCCUR." NOTE THAT JEEP HAD A RECALL ON THIS TYPE OF FULL-TIME 4 WHEEL DRIVES, BUT EXPLAINED THAT A FIRE COULD RESULT IF A SMALLER SPARE TIRE WAS USED. JEEP SHOULD HAVE GONE FURTHER AND EXPLAINED THAT FAILURE AND FIRE COULD RESULT FROM HAVING TIRES WITH DIFFERENT CIRCUMFERENCES. JEEP HAS A FILE ON MY COMPLAINT, BUT WIL NOT DISCUSS OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THEY ALSO REFUSE TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBITLTY AND THE "WRITTEN RESPONSE" WAS, "I HAVE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED YOUR MESSAGE AND THE ENTIRE FILE ON THIS MATTER. YOUR CONCERNS ARE UNDERSTANDABLE. UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER THAT CAN BE DONE TO FULLY ADDRESS THESE ISSUES......" I NOW FEEL THAT JEEP IS WELL AWARE OF THE "POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD" ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITUATION AND HAS DOWN PLAYED IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BY "JUST ISSUEING A RECALL FOR SPARE TIRE USAGE". THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ADVISED!

FIRST DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE HAPPENED ON VACATION TRIP AFTER I INSTALLED TWO NEW TIRES. JEEP STARTED MAKING HIGH PITCHED WHINE & PASSENGERS & I COULD DETECT WHAT SMELLED LIKE HOT FLUIDS. STOPPED & NOTED LIQUID ON ENGINE, TIRES, AND FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. LIQUID WAS SMOKING! TOOK TO JEEP DEALER LISTED IN THIS REPORT & DEALER REBUILT FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. SAID ALL WAS OK. AFTER 200 MILES, FRONT DIFFERENTIAL AGAIN FAILED AND THIS TIME IT WAS A MAJOR JOLT! THIS TIME AT 75 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC! WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THRU TRAFFIC & GET TO SIDE OF ROAD. FRONT DIFFERENTIAL WAS "RED HOT!" & I WAS AFRAID OF A FIRE. CALLED JEEP ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE & THEY GOT ME A TOW. DEALER WHERE CAR WAS TOWED SAID FRONT DIFF GOT SO HOT THAT IT WARPED! ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS BECAUSE I PUT NEW TIRES ON FRONT & NOT BACK. SAID DIFFERENCE IN DIAMETERS ON TIRES (NEW VS. WORN) CAUSED THE QUADRA-TRAC DRIVE TO FAIL. LATER INQUIRY TO DAMLER-CHRYSLER RESULTED IN A "VERBAL" RESPONSE THAT, "IF THERE IS AS MUCH AS 1/2" DIFFERENCE IN CIRCUMFERENCE OF TIRES ON THE QUADRA-TRAC UNITS, A DRIVE TRAIN FAILURE CAN OCCUR." NOTE THAT JEEP HAD A RECALL ON THIS TYPE OF FULL-TIME 4 WHEEL DRIVES, BUT EXPLAINED THAT A FIRE COULD RESULT IF A SMALLER SPARE TIRE WAS USED. JEEP SHOULD HAVE GONE FURTHER AND EXPLAINED THAT FAILURE AND FIRE COULD RESULT FROM HAVING TIRES WITH DIFFERENT CIRCUMFERENCES. JEEP HAS A FILE ON MY COMPLAINT, BUT WIL NOT DISCUSS OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THEY ALSO REFUSE TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBITLTY AND THE "WRITTEN RESPONSE" WAS, "I HAVE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED YOUR MESSAGE AND THE ENTIRE FILE ON THIS MATTER. YOUR CONCERNS ARE UNDERSTANDABLE. UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER THAT CAN BE DONE TO FULLY ADDRESS THESE ISSUES......" I NOW FEEL THAT JEEP IS WELL AWARE OF THE "POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD" ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITUATION AND HAS DOWN PLAYED IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BY "JUST ISSUEING A RECALL FOR SPARE TIRE USAGE". THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE ADVISED!

REAR DIFFERENTIAL RUINED FROM USE OF SMALLER SPARE AND DRIVEN ONLY 21 MILES AT 50MPH. UNEVEN TRACTION USING SMALLER SPARE CAUSED VEHICLE TO BE NEARLY UNSAFE AT 50MPH. A FULL SIZE SPARE SHOULD MANDATORY.

TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT CAUSING HAZARD WHILE DRIVING. TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS AUTOMOBILT UNIT AND NOT SUITABLE FOR USE IN SUV FOR TOWING AS INDICATED BY THE MANUFACTURER IN THE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY REAR WHEELS LOCKED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND TECHNICIAN SAID THAT REAR AXLE HAD BURNED OUT AND NEED TO BE REBUILT.*AK

VEHICLE VIBRATION AND LOAD ROARING NOISE REPORTED 3 TIMES TO DEALERSHIP. DRIVESHAFT WAS ORDERED BUT THE PARTS WERE ON BACK-ORDER. WE WERE TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE, BUT THE DRIVESHAFT VIBRATION CAUSED THE TRANSFER CASE TO BLOW APART ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70MPH. THIS NEARLY CASED THE VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. DEALERSHIP THEN SAID THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO VEHICLE ABUSE, BUT WE HAD AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND OUR AUTO INSUANCE CLAIMS ADJUSTER CERTIFY THAT THE TRANSFER CASE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE VIBRATION OF THE DRIVE SHAFT. THE BOTTOM LINE: DEALERSHIP KNEW WE WERE DRIVING AN UN-SAFE VEHICLE AND TRIED TO COVER THEIR ERROR BY ACCUSING THE CUSTOMER OF VEHICLE ABUSE. *AK

VEHICLE VIBRATION AND LOAD ROARING NOISE REPORTED 3 TIMES TO DEALERSHIP. DRIVESHAFT WAS ORDERED BUT THE PARTS WERE ON BACK-ORDER. WE WERE TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE, BUT THE DRIVESHAFT VIBRATION CAUSED THE TRANSFER CASE TO BLOW APART ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70MPH. THIS NEARLY CASED THE VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. DEALERSHIP THEN SAID THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO VEHICLE ABUSE, BUT WE HAD AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND OUR AUTO INSUANCE CLAIMS ADJUSTER CERTIFY THAT THE TRANSFER CASE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE VIBRATION OF THE DRIVE SHAFT. THE BOTTOM LINE: DEALERSHIP KNEW WE WERE DRIVING AN UN-SAFE VEHICLE AND TRIED TO COVER THEIR ERROR BY ACCUSING THE CUSTOMER OF VEHICLE ABUSE. *AK

THE FRONT AND REAR AXLES BROKE, VEHICLE IS ALSO LOCKED IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE. NLM

THE FRONT AND REAR AXLES BROKE, VEHICLE IS ALSO LOCKED IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE. NLM

WHEN SHIFTING TRANSMISSION FROM PARK TO REVERSE, THE TRANSFER CASE SLIPS OUT FROM 4-LOW TO NEUTRAL. *AK

I WANT TO KNOW IF THE TIME I USED THE TEMPORARY SPARE, IN THE REAR OF THE CAR FOR A FLAT TIRE, HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL BREAKING. I RODE ON THE TEMPORARY SPARE FOR APPROXIMATLEY 150 MILES AND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL BROKE DOWN APPROXIMATELY 10 MONTHS LATER.

TRANSMISSION KEEPS SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR INTO LOWER GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLOWDOWN UNEXPECTEDLY. CONSUMER MUST PULL OVER AND CHANGE GEAR. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE DEFECT. *AK *ML

FRONT DIFFERENTIAL WENT OUT AFTER PUTTING NEW TIRES ON FRONT. REPAIRED & WENT 200 MILES & FAILED AGAIN. JEEP STATES THAT SINCE VEHICLE IS ALL WHEEL DRIVE, A 1/2 INCH DIFFERENCE IN CIRCUMFERENCE BETWEEN TIRES WILL CAUSE DRIVE TRAIN FAILURE--HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING WRITTEN CONCERNING SUCH CLOSE TOLERANCES--COULD HAVE LOCKED UP AND CAUSED MAJOR ACCIDENT. *AK

PURCHASED VEHICLE FROM MCCUNE CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH-JEEP AS A PREVIOSLY OWNED VEHICLE THAT JUST FINISHED A LEASE. ON 02/08/2000, WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM BOWLING, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT UPSHIFT CAUSING THE ENGINE RPMS TO CLIMB TO 4-5,000 RPM'S (CONTINUED HOME, 7 MILES). WIFE NEXT DAY 02/09/2000, TOOK KIDS TO SCHOOL AND ON THE FREEWAY TO HER MOM'S HOUSE ( A DISTANCE OF ONLY 5 MILES), TRANSMISSION FAILED TO STAY ENGAGED, SHE CREPT HOME AT ABOUT 5-15 MPH. THIS TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED EVERY 12-18,000 MILES. THE LAST SERVICE DONE WAS AT 70,150 MILES, (ATF+3, FILTER&GASKET)FAILURE HAPPENED AT 77,740 MILES, I WAS STUNNED! I CALLED MCCUNE AND ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL AND IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO, I WAS GIVEN AN ESTIMATE OF $2,200+, AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL. I TOOK THE JEEP DOWN TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP (CORONAS TRANSMISSION) AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS "BURNT UP". WENT TO GET A SECOND OPINION AT AAMCO, GIVEN ESTIMATE OF $1800+. I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED THAT A "TOP-OF-THE-LINE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED 4X4" FAILED TO PERFORM AT SUCH A LOW MILEAGE. IN MY DISHEARTENED STATE, ON 02/11/2000 I TRADED MY PRIDE AND JOY (TOOK A HEAVY LOSS) FOR A FORD EXPEDITION XLT. AS MUCH AS I LOVED MY JEEP'S STYLING, PERFORMANCE AND LUXURY, I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER. *AK

ODOMETER HAS BEEN ROLLED BACK. YH

1) DIFFERENTIAL RING & PINION GEAR FAILING. CAUSES SIGNIFICANT PULSATION/VIBRATION, MOST SEVERE AT 50-70 MPH. HAS WORSENED OVER PAST MONTH. AWAITING REPLACEMENT (2) WHILE ACCELERATING, TRANSMISSION SHIFTS BACK AND FORTH BTWN 1ST AND 2ND 2-3 TIMES TIMES BEFORE FINALLY SETTLING INTO 2ND. (3) 4WD TRANSFER CASE VERY HARD TO GET INTO FULL TIME 4WD. ALSO, VERY HARD TO GET OUT OF ANY 4WD MODE (BACK TO 2WD). INDICATOR SHOWS 2WD MODE WHEN TRUCK STILL IN 4-WD, REQUIRES VIOLENT REVERSING TO GET OUT OF 4WD. (4) LEFT REAR DOOR INTERIOR VINYL PANEL HAS COME APART TWICE, REPAIRED BOTH TIMES.

1) DIFFERENTIAL RING & PINION GEAR FAILING. CAUSES SIGNIFICANT PULSATION/VIBRATION, MOST SEVERE AT 50-70 MPH. HAS WORSENED OVER PAST MONTH. AWAITING REPLACEMENT (2) WHILE ACCELERATING, TRANSMISSION SHIFTS BACK AND FORTH BTWN 1ST AND 2ND 2-3 TIMES TIMES BEFORE FINALLY SETTLING INTO 2ND. (3) 4WD TRANSFER CASE VERY HARD TO GET INTO FULL TIME 4WD. ALSO, VERY HARD TO GET OUT OF ANY 4WD MODE (BACK TO 2WD). INDICATOR SHOWS 2WD MODE WHEN TRUCK STILL IN 4-WD, REQUIRES VIOLENT REVERSING TO GET OUT OF 4WD. (4) LEFT REAR DOOR INTERIOR VINYL PANEL HAS COME APART TWICE, REPAIRED BOTH TIMES.

1) DIFFERENTIAL RING & PINION GEAR FAILING. CAUSES SIGNIFICANT PULSATION/VIBRATION, MOST SEVERE AT 50-70 MPH. HAS WORSENED OVER PAST MONTH. AWAITING REPLACEMENT (2) WHILE ACCELERATING, TRANSMISSION SHIFTS BACK AND FORTH BTWN 1ST AND 2ND 2-3 TIMES TIMES BEFORE FINALLY SETTLING INTO 2ND. (3) 4WD TRANSFER CASE VERY HARD TO GET INTO FULL TIME 4WD. ALSO, VERY HARD TO GET OUT OF ANY 4WD MODE (BACK TO 2WD). INDICATOR SHOWS 2WD MODE WHEN TRUCK STILL IN 4-WD, REQUIRES VIOLENT REVERSING TO GET OUT OF 4WD. (4) LEFT REAR DOOR INTERIOR VINYL PANEL HAS COME APART TWICE, REPAIRED BOTH TIMES.

MULTIPLE REAR AXLE PROBLEMS, EACH DIAGNOSED BY OWNER PRIOR TO FAILURE. (THE DEALER DIDN'T WANT TO ADMIT THERE WAS A PROBLEM) THIS VEHICLE HAS AVERAGED ONE NEW REAR AXLE EVERY YEAR, INCLUDING THIS YEAR WHICH I AM WAITING ON PARTS. THE ENGINE'S FAULTY MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR QUIT OPERATION WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS ON SOME SWITCHBACK ROADS. THE ENGINE ABRUBTLY QUIT RUNNING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE STEERING AND BRAKING CONTROL. ONLY QUICK THINKING BY USING THE PARKING BRAKE SAVED THE FOUR PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE FROM EMINENT DEATH. THE ENGINE RELUCTANTLY RESTARTED AFTER A FEW SECONDS AND WE CONTINUED DOWN THE MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER, A FEW MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE DIED WITHOUT WARNING FOR A SECOND TIME AND WE WERE FORCED TO HOLD THE JEEP ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED. I CAN'T BELIEVE NO ONE HAS DIED FROM THIS VEHICLE! THIS SITUATION HAS OCCURED ON TWO SEPARATE TRIPS, APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR APART, AFTER REPROGRAMMING THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT COMPUTER, AND REPLACING THE MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR AND REMAPPING THE ENGINE MANAGEMENT COMPUTER FOR A SECOND TIME. FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS I OWNED THIS VEHICLE, IT WAS IN THE SHOP OVER 36 TIMES FOR WARRANTY RELATED REPAIRS. WHAT A PIECE OF JUNK!( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/65R16 )

WHEN VEHICLE IS COLD, IT DOES NOT SHIFT FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR PROPERLY,CAUSING LOSS OF POWER

VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND BACKED UP KNOCKING THE CONSUMER DOWN AND RUNNING OVER HIS LEG, CONSUMER NOTED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THE POWER TRAIN, CONSUMER HAS PERMANENT DAMAGE TO HIS LEG AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT.*ET

WAS TOWING A TRAILER & STARTED SMELLING BURNING ODOR. STOPPED VEHICLE TO CHECK & FOUND NOTHING. STOPPED AT GAS STATION & NOTICED TRAILER COVERED WITH BLACK OIL. THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL GEARS BROKE. WAITED FOR PARTS TO BE ORDERED & REPAIRS DONE TO JEEP. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 4 TIMES. THE GEARS & REBUILT DIFFERENTIAL WERE REPLACED TWICE BEFORE. *AK

SUNROOF RUSTED OUT- REPLACED BY DEALER, AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED AND VINYL PANELING PEELED- BOTH THING REPLACED BY DEALER. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO REASON- SENSOR REPLACED TWICE BY DEALER.

THE REAR PINION BEARING ON MY GRAND CHEROKEE IS GOING BAD.......THIS WOULD NOT SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM IF NOT FOR THE FACT THAT EVERY MECHNAIC I SPEAK TO TELLS ME THE PROBLEM IS VERY WIDESPREAD. THIS IS A PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE MACHANICS THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. I SPOKE TO THE LOCAL JEEP DEALER ,EVEN THEY AGREE THE PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD, YET NOTHING IS BEING DONE BY CHRYSLER CORP TO FIX THE PROBLEM!

THE REAR CARRIER BEARING IN MY 1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IS BAD....THIS WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MANY DIFFERANT MECHANICS INCLUDING THREE LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALERS THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. I REPORTED EARLIER THAT IT WAS A PINION BEARING , THAT WAS IN ERROR, IT IS THE REAR CARRIER BEARING. WHAT CAN I DO TO REPORT THIS TO CHRYSLER CORP AND IS THERE ANY INFO YOU CAN GIVE ME TO ASSIST MY PROBLEM.

CONSUMER CONCERNED ABOUT AN ANNOYING WHINNING NOISE WHICH CAN BE HEARD FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. NLM

WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS, CONSUMER NOTED A LOUD NOISE AND SMELLED RUBBER BURNING. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND DISCOVERED THE BRACKET ON THE FRONT AXLE STABLIZER BAR BROKE LOOSE. ALSO, BRACKET WAS RUSTED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO REPLACE PARTS. CONSUMER MADE REPAIRS. *AK

VEHICLE HAS EXCESSIVE AND VIOLANT VIBRATIONS AT 65-70 MPH, LOUD ROARING NOISE. TWO CHRYSLER 5 STAR DEALERSHIP HAS SERVICED VEHICLE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS INCLUDING A FACTORY ZONE REP ANALYSIS. CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED WITH A NEW GEAR SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL, TRANSFER CASE AND DRIVE SHAFT, 4 NEW TIRES AND SHOCKS WITH NO IMPROVEMENTS RESULTING IN $3000 IN SERVICE COST. NO RESOLUTION.... VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WITH EXTREME VIOLANT SHAKING. CHRYSLER IS CONTENDING THAT THE VEHICLE HAS HIGH MILEAGE AND IS NOT UNDER MANUFACTURE WARRANTY AND IS NOT LIABLE. I HAVE RESEARCHED OTHER SIMILAR CONDITIONS WITH THE SAME CONSUMER COMPLAINTS. MANY WERE ACCIDENT RELATED. *AK

VEHICLE HAS EXCESSIVE AND VIOLANT VIBRATIONS AT 65-70 MPH, LOUD ROARING NOISE. TWO CHRYSLER 5 STAR DEALERSHIP HAS SERVICED VEHICLE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS INCLUDING A FACTORY ZONE REP ANALYSIS. CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED WITH A NEW GEAR SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL, TRANSFER CASE AND DRIVE SHAFT, 4 NEW TIRES AND SHOCKS WITH NO IMPROVEMENTS RESULTING IN $3000 IN SERVICE COST. NO RESOLUTION.... VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WITH EXTREME VIOLANT SHAKING. CHRYSLER IS CONTENDING THAT THE VEHICLE HAS HIGH MILEAGE AND IS NOT UNDER MANUFACTURE WARRANTY AND IS NOT LIABLE. I HAVE RESEARCHED OTHER SIMILAR CONDITIONS WITH THE SAME CONSUMER COMPLAINTS. MANY WERE ACCIDENT RELATED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN "PARK" W/ENGINE RUNNING. ENGINE ENGAGED ITSELF IN "REVERSE" ON FLAT DRIVE, WENT 122' SMASHED INTO A TREE, CONTINUED 22' REAR END OF VEHICLE LODGED ITSELF ON WOODEN DECK OF BUILDING WITH TRAIL HITCH, THEN WENT FORWARD 100' FEET KNOCKING DOWN TWO 5-6" DIAMETER TREES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT OF "PARK" TO REMOVE OFF OF TREES.

TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCED SURGE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE 94 & 95 VEHICLES INDICATING A SPRING BODY WAS FAULTY FOR SOME AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION MAY HAVE FAILED DUE TO THE SAME FAILURE AS THE 94 & 95 SERVICE BULLETIN. *YC

WHILE STOPPED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, THE TRANSMISSION IN "PARK" THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY WENT INTO REVERSE. NO ONE WAS IN THE AUTOMOBILE AT THE TIME. IT CRASHED INTO A DELLIVERY TRUCK, AND THEN JUMPED INTO "DRIVE" AND FORTUNATELY THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO REACH INTO THE OPEN DOOR AND TURN OFF THE ENGINEOFF. DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE EXCEEDED $5,000.00 AND FORTUNATELY NO PERSONS WERE INJURED. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE DRIVER WAS OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE FOR 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF IN REVERSE AND ACCELERATED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN "PARK" W/ ENGINE RUNNING. ENGINE ENGAGED ITSELF IN "REVERSE" AND BACKED UP. DRIVER WHO WAS STANDING BY DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS KNOCKED DOWN AND RUN OVER, CAUSING INJURIES; CAR CONTINUED BACKING UP AND CRASHED INTO FRONT OF BUILDING. *AK

AUTOMOBILE WOULD NOT SHIFT(OR HAD TROUBLE SHIFTING) INTO 3RD GEAR WHEN OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW 32 DEGREES. *AK

COLD TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD. TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER. DEALER RECOMMENDS NEW TRANSMISSION. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

VEHICLE WHEN PUT IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE, IT IS HARD TO GET INTO GEAR, PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, VEHICLE MAKES A BIG THUMP NOISE AND JERKS, SOMETIMES GETS STUCK, DEALER CONTACTED ,AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NOBODY WAS IN THE TRUCK AND IT SHIFTED OUT OF THE PARK POSITION INTO REVERSE AND ROLLED BACKWARDS, COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. *AK

TORQUE CONVERTOR & TRANSFER CASE FAILED. *ET

TORQUE CONVERTOR & TRANSFER CASE FAILED. *ET

WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE TOWARD THE FRONT UNDERBODY. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP 3 TO 4 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE DRIVETRAIN, FRONT AXLE AND BRAKES. CONSUMER STILL EXPERIENCING A MINOR PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE TOWARD THE FRONT UNDERBODY. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP 3 TO 4 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE LAST TIME, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE DRIVETRAIN, FRONT AXLE AND BRAKES. CONSUMER STILL EXPERIENCING A MINOR PROBLEM. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

WHILE PARKED WITH KEYS OUT OF IGNITION, VEHICLE JUMPED OUT PARK INTO REVERSE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT A PEDESTRIAN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

TRANSMISSION HAS A WATER COOLING SYSTEM TO PREVENT OVERHEATING. THE PART WHERE THE WATER ENTERS THE TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE AND ALLOWED WATER INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IMMEDIATE FAILURE.

VEHICLE JUMPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND BEGAN TO BACK UP AT A FAST RATE.

TRANSFER CASE MAKES A GRINDING NOISE AND WILL NOT ENGAGE UNLESS YOU BACK UP THE VEHICLE.

BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED. IN ADDITION, TRANSMISSION FAILED 3 TIMES; ENGINE HEAD CYLINDER HAD EIGHT MISFIRES; POWER SEATS FOLD DOWN INTO BACK SEAT; DEFECTIVE TRANSFER CASE AND AIR CONDITIONING SWITCH FAILED. *AK

BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED. IN ADDITION, TRANSMISSION FAILED 3 TIMES; ENGINE HEAD CYLINDER HAD EIGHT MISFIRES; POWER SEATS FOLD DOWN INTO BACK SEAT; DEFECTIVE TRANSFER CASE AND AIR CONDITIONING SWITCH FAILED. *AK

REAR DIFFERENTIAL CAUGHT ON FIRE.

TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING LEAKS.

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK W/ENGINE RUNNING WHEN IT ENGINE ENGAGED ITSELF IN REVERSE AND BACKED UP CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.

FRONT SWAY BAR BUSHING MALFUNCTIONED. IN ADDITION, REAR U-JOINTS/ AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSOR/DOOR PANELS/HOOD LATCH AND RIGHT FRONT SPEAKER FAILED. *AK

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE AXLE WILL BEGIN TO VIBRATE,STARTED TO RATTLE,MAKE NOISE,DEALER REPLACED BARRING IN FRONT AXLE, DEFECT IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK

REAR AXLE SEAL FAILED.

TRANSMISSION 0-RING SEAL FAILED.

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON/OFF. ALSO REPLACED TIRE DUE TO DEFECTIVE SIDEWALL AND TRANSMISSION BUSHING. *AK

VEHICLE IS LEAKING UNDER TRANSMISSION.

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

TRANSMISSION LEVER IS LOOSE AND VEHICLE WILL NOT ALWAYS START IN PARK GEAR.

WHILE SHIFTING GEARS FROM 4 WHEEL HI TO 4 WHEEL LOW AND BACK, THE TRANSFER CASE MAKES A GRINDING NOISE.

DIFFERENTIAL UNIT DOES NOT LOCK THE REAR WHEELS IN EXTREME LOW TRACTION CONDITIONS.

VEHICLE JUMPS INTO NEUTRAL WHILE STOPPED AT LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS. DRIVER HAS TO TAP THE GAS PEDAL TO ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION.

THE OVERDRIVE DROPPED OUT AT 75 MPH TWICE IN A 30 MINUTE PERIOD, CAUSING RMPS TO JUMP FROM 2100 TO 3200.

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT FAILED, CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR OVER 5000 MILES. PREVIOUSLY TRANSMISSION FAILED/REPLACED. *AK

TRANSMISSION FLUID LINE LEAK.

TRANSMISSION LEAK DUE TO IMPROPER INSTALLMENT OF CONNECTOR HOSE TO THE RADIATOR.

AXLE ASSEMBLY PROBLEM.

VEHICLE TRANSFER CASE MAKES A GRINDING NOISE. FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WILL NOT ENGAGE UNLESS VEHICLE IS PLACED IN REVERSE AND ALLOWED TO MOVE BACKWARDS.

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND ENGINE WAS RUNNING, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO REVERSE CAUSING, ACCIDENT.

TRANSMISSION GEARS ARE NOT SHIFTING RIGHT, TOOK TO DEALER, COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM . *AK

RING & PINION GEAR MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING 45 TO 55 MPH, RESULTING IN VEHICLE NOISE; OCCURS LOUDER ON WARM DAYS AFTER WARM-UP OF LUBRICANTS, ESPECIALLY DURING A LONG DRIVE. *AK

WHILE IN PARK AT FAST IDLE NO INCLINE, NO EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED, VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE DOWN DRIVE WAY, KNOCKING DOWN OWNER AND ROLLING OVER HIS LEG, WHEN STOPPED FOUND INDICATOR SHOWING VEHICLE STILL IN PARK POSITION. *AK CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES, CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS IN PARK FAST IDLE AND DID NOT MOVE AT ALL WHEN HE GOT OUT, CONSUMER STATES EITHER THETRANSMISSION FAILED ON LINKAGE MAY BE OUT OF SPEC.*JB

HUB CASTING ERROR, RESULTING IN GRINDING/KNOCKING NOISE AT SLOW SPEED; ALSO, BELT SEPARATION IN THREE OF FOUR ORIGINAL TIRES. *AK

ERRATIC SHIFTING WHEN WEATHER IS COLD.

DRIVETRAIN VIBRATES.

WHILE DRIVING, WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT AND PRESSING GAS VEHICLE BUCKS, THEN WON'T MOVE IN REGULAR 4 WHEEL OR REVERSE DRIVE. *AK

REAR DRIVE AXLE MAKES LOUD CLUNKING NOISE.

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON AND IN PARKED, IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, FROM PARK TO REVERSE, LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT/ NO EPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURIES TO DRIVER. *AK

REPLACED NOISY FRONT DRIVESHAFT. *AK

REPLACED TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE0 DUE TO TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. *AK

AFTER SITTING FOR AWHILE GEAR SHIFT DID NOT MOVE, OWNER SAW VEHICLE ROLL DOWN HILL BACKWARDS, CROSSING STREET HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. SHIFTING INTO LOW GEAR LINKAGE DOES NOT LOCK IN POSITION. *AK